Baron Coleridge

Baron Coleridge, of Ottery St Mary in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1874 for Sir John Coleridge, a prominent lawyer, judge and Liberal politician. He served as Lord Chief Justice of England from 1880 to 1894. His son, the second Baron, represented Attercliffe in the House of Commons and served as a Judge of the High Court of Justice. As of 2007 the title is held by the latter's great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 1984.

The first Baron was the son of Sir John Taylor Coleridge and the great-nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

The ancestral home is The Chanter's House in Ottery St Mary. In October 2006 the increasing costs of maintaining the property caused the family trust to put the property up for sale and auction the contents. cite press release
title = Sotheby's to sell property from the Coleridge family collection at The Chanter's House
publisher = Sotheby's
date = 22 August 2006
url = http://www.shareholder.com/bid/downloads/news/20060822-208011.pdf
format = PDF] cite news
title = Coleridge heirlooms auctioned off
publisher = BBC
date = 24 October 2006
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6079558.stm] cite news
last = Kay
first = Richard
title = Farewell to Xanadu for Coleridge?
work = Columnists
publisher = Daily Mail
date = 16 February 2006
url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/columnists.html?in_article_id=377355&in_page_id=1772&in_author_id=230]

Barons Coleridge (1874)

*John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (1821-1894)
*Bernard John Seymour Coleridge, 2nd Baron Coleridge (1851-1927)
*Geoffrey Duke Coleridge, 3rd Baron Coleridge (1877-1955)
*Richard Duke Coleridge, 4th Baron Coleridge (1905-1984)
*William Duke Coleridge, 5th Baron Coleridge (b. 1937)The heir is the present holder's only son The Hon. James Duke Coleridge (b. 5 June 1967)

References

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Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
# [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]

# [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4017/index.html The Genealogy of Coleridge Family and Coleridge links]
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