Biography of John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge 1820-1894
Paternal Family Tree: Coleridge
On 07 Aug 1818 [his father] John Taylor Coleridge (age 28) and [his mother] Mary Buchanan (age 30) were married.
On 03 Dec 1820 John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge was born to John Taylor Coleridge (age 30) and Mary Buchanan (age 32).
On 11 Aug 1846 John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 25) and Jane Fortescue Seymour Baroness Coleridge (age 21) were married.
From 24 Jun 1851 John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 30) was a member of the Canterbury Association.
On 19 Aug 1851 [his son] Bernard Coleridge 2nd Baron Coleridge was born to John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 30) and [his wife] Jane Fortescue Seymour Baroness Coleridge (age 26).
Betwen 1855 and 1866 John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 45) held the office of Recorder of Portsmouth.
In 1861 John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 40) held the office of Bencher of the Middle Temple.
In 1861 John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 40) was appointed Queen's Counsel.
In 1865 John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 44) was elected MP Exeter which seat he held until 1873.
In 1868 John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 47) was appointed Solicitor General.
In 1871 John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 50) was appointed Attorney General which office he held until 1873.
In Nov 1873 John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 52) was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
In 1874 [his mother] Mary Buchanan (age 85) died.
On 10 Jan 1874 John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 53) was created 1st Baron Coleridge of Ottery St Mary in Devon. [his wife] Jane Fortescue Seymour Baroness Coleridge (age 49) by marriage Baroness Coleridge of Ottery St Mary in Devon.
On 11 Feb 1876 [his father] John Taylor Coleridge (age 85) died.
On 03 Aug 1876 [his son] Bernard Coleridge 2nd Baron Coleridge (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Alethea Mackarness Baroness Coleridge were married. They were first cousins.
On 06 Feb 1878 [his wife] Jane Fortescue Seymour Baroness Coleridge (age 53) died.
On 13 Aug 1885 John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 64) and Amy Augusta Jackson Lawford Baroness Coleridge were married. She by marriage Baroness Coleridge of Ottery St Mary in Devon.
On 14 Jun 1894 John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 73) died. His son [his son] Bernard Coleridge 2nd Baron Coleridge (age 42) succeeded 2nd Baron Coleridge of Ottery St Mary in Devon. [his daughter-in-law] Mary Alethea Mackarness Baroness Coleridge by marriage Baroness Coleridge of Ottery St Mary in Devon.
On 27 May 1933 [his former wife] Amy Augusta Jackson Lawford Baroness Coleridge died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Reverend John Coleridge
GrandFather: Captain James Coleridge
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Bowden
Father: John Taylor Coleridge
GrandMother: Frances Duke Taylor
John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge
Mother: Mary Buchanan