Editing William Thomas Collings (section)

== Family ==
[[File:Memorial to Revd. William T. Collings in St Peter's Church, Sark.jpg|thumb|right|Memorial in St Peter's Church, Sark]]
Collings married his cousin [[Louisa Collings|Louisa Lukis]], an amateur lichenologist and collector,<ref name=odnb>{{citation|title=Lukis, Frederick Corbin|last=Sebire|first=H.R.|work=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/69159|access-date=10 January 2014}}</ref> on 15 June 1847.<ref name="Guernsey">{{cite journal|title=The Guernsey Magazine: A Monthly Illustrated Journal of Useful Information, Instruction, and Entertainment, Volume 15|year=1887}}</ref> The ceremony was conducted by her brother, [[William Collings Lukis]], at St Saviour's Church.<ref name="Sebire">{{cite book|last=Sebire|first=Heather|title=From antiquary to archaeologist: Frederick Corbin of Lukis of Guernsey|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1847183576|pages=71}}</ref> They had four daughters and two sons,<ref name="Guernsey"/> [[William Frederick Collings|William Frederick]] (1852–1927) and Henry de Vic (1855–1872). William Frederick, the [[heir apparent]], was the exact opposite of his father, and the two never got along. Collings was succeeded by his son upon his death on 7 March 1882.<ref name="Marr">{{cite book|last=Marr|first=James|author-link=James Marr (author)|title=Guernsey people|year=1984|isbn=0850335299|publisher=Phillimore}}</ref><ref name="Smithsonian"/> He was outlived by his wife, elder son and eldest daughter, Mary Edmeades.<ref name="Guernsey"/>