Charles James Collins (c. 1820 – 31 December 1864) was an English journalist and novelist.
Life Charles James Collins was a native of Worcester,"Our Van" Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes March 1865, p.270, accessed 25 June 2020 but was connected with the London press for more than twenty years, having been on the parliamentary staff of The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, and the Evening Standard. He projected and edited the Racing Times, where he wrote under the pen name of "Priam." At one period, he was also an editor of the Comic News.
He married a widow, Phoebe Chopping, on 27 August 1841 at St Luke's Church, Chelsea"London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754–1932" for Charles James Hamilton and Phoebe Chopping, London Metropolitan Archives, via Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 25 June 2020 and their only known child, Edward James Bruges Collins, was born in the second quarter of 1847 at Lambeth."Index Entry", ONS via freeBMD, accessed 22 June 2020
Collins was becoming increasingly well known for his novels when he died prematurely at his Brixton home on 31 December 1864."England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966" for Charles James Hamilton, Principal Probate Registry, via Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 25 June 2020 He was buried at West Norwood Cemetery on 7 January 1865."London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813–2003" for Charles James Hamilton, London Metropolitan Archives, via Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 26 June 2020
Works He was the author of Kenilworth, a burlesque, and other dramas of a similar character; and of the following novels:
The Life and Adventures of Dick Diminy, London , reprinted under the title of Dick Diminy, or the Life and Adventures of a Jockey, London, 1855 Sackville Chase, 3 vols., London, 1863 and 1865 Matilda the Dane, a Romance of the Affections, London, 1863 Singed Moths, a City Romance, 3 vols., London, 1864 The Man in Chains, 3 vols., London, 1864
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