Background
She was born as Diana Clavering Elliot at Stutton Hall, Suffolk.
She was born as Diana Clavering Elliot at Stutton Hall, Suffolk.
She was his partner in these enterprises and in other activities. She gave up reading English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, to marry Collins, then Dean of Oriel College and later Chairman of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. This led directly to the formation of Christian Action, with John Collins as the chairman.
Diana Collins edited Christian Action"s journal.
All were active in the anti-capital punishment, anti-nuclear proliferation, anti-apartheid and other progressive causes. They launched the Defence and Aid Fund to support black South Africans.
The Collins" raised large sums of money for the legal defense of their causes by the best barristers, including the defence of Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia trial. She died, aged 85 in 2003, and was survived by three sons, including the judge Andrew Collins.
One son predeceased her.
"I would rather be married to the Chairman of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament than to the Archbishop of Canterbury".
Quotations: "I would rather be married to the Chairman of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament than to the Archbishop of Canterbury".