Dame Diana Clavering Collins, DBE (b. August 13, 1917 - d. May 23, 2003) was the widow of Dr John Collins, the fiery Canon of St Paul's Cathedral who earned an international reputation for his leadership of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the British campaign against apartheid in South Africa. She was his partner in these enterprises and in other activities.
She was born as Diana Clavering Elliot at Stutton Hall, Suffolk. She gave up rea...
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Dame Diana Clavering Collins, DBE (b. August 13, 1917 - d. May 23, 2003) was the widow of Dr John Collins, the fiery Canon of St Paul's Cathedral who earned an international reputation for his leadership of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the British campaign against apartheid in South Africa. She was his partner in these enterprises and in other activities.
She was born as Diana Clavering Elliot at Stutton Hall, Suffolk. She gave up reading English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, to marry John Collins, then Dean of Oriel College and later Chairman of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
In 1940 her husband joined the RAF as a chaplain. In 1946 the Collins' convened a public meeting at Oxford Town Hall, calling for Christians to involve themselves in social and political action. This led directly to the formation of Christian Action, with John Collins as the chairman. Diana Collins edited Christian Action's journal.
The Collins' friends included Sir Stafford Cripps, Rev....
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