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Coleridge, Sir John Taylor, 1790-1876 (Knight and Judge)

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Biography

Sir John Taylor Coleridge (1790-1876), knight and judge, was educated from 1796 until 1803 under his uncle, George Coleridge, at the King's School, Ottery St Mary, and then at Eton (1803-9) and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he was elected a scholar in 1809. Coleridge was called to the bar by the Middle Temple on 26 June 1819. On 27 January 1835 Coleridge was appointed a justice of the court of king's bench by Lord Lyndhurst. He died at Heath's Court, Ottery St Mary, on 11 February 1876 .

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Sir John Taylor Coleridge: Correspondence to Edward Clarke, 1867

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/300-301
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.

Dates: 1867
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