Men-at-the-Bar/Coleridge, John Duke
Coleridge, John Duke, 1st Lord, so created 10 Jan., 1874, lord chief justice of England since 1880, educated at Eton, B.A., Balliol Coll., Oxon, 1842, M.A 1846, scholar of Balliol 1839, hon. D.C.L. 1877, fellow of Exeter Coll., Oxon, 1843, P.C., F.R.S., recorder of Portsmouth 1855-65, solicitor-general (and knighted) 1868-71, attorney-general 1871-3, M.P. Exeter 1865-73, serjeant-at-law 12 Jan., 1874, lord chief justice common pleas 1873-80, member of council King's Coll., London, a student of the Middle Temple 27 Jan., 1843, called to the bar 6 Nov., 1846, Q.C. 25 Feb., 1861, bencher 31 Oct, 1861 (eldest son of Sir John Taylor Coleridge, judge of Court of Queen's Bench); born 3 Dec, 1820; married 11 Aug., 1846, Jane Fortescue, 3rd dau. of Rev. George Turner Seymour, of Farringford Hill, Isle of Wight; she died 6 Feb., 1878, leaving issue (see Foster's Peerage).
- Heath's Court, Ottery St. Mary, Devon; 1, Sussex Square, W.; Athenæum and Reform Clubs.