James Coleridge
James Coleridge | |
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| Born | (1759-12-03)3 December 1759 Ottery St Mary, England |
| Died | 1836 (aged 76–77) |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | The Colonel |
James Coleridge (3 December 1759 – 10 January 1836) was an older brother of the philosopher-poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
History
James was the third son of the Reverend John Coleridge, the well-respected vicar of St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary and was headmaster of the King's School, a free grammar school established by King Henry VIII in the town. He had previously been master of Hugh Squier's School in South Molton, Devon, and lecturer of nearby Molland.[1]
James obtained his captaincy during the period of the French Revolutionary Wars and was later promoted to Colonel. He purchased the Coleridge family home, the Chanter's House, in Ottery St. Mary, Devon in 1796. During the Napoleonic Wars he escorted French prisoners to Dartmoor prison.[2]
Family
On 27 February 1788 he married Frances Duke Taylor (1759 - 1838) at St Mary Arches Church, Exeter.[3] They had six surviving children, including Sir John Taylor Coleridge, future Judge of the King's Bench, and Henry Nelson Coleridge, the editor of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's works.
He died on 10 January 1836 aged 76, and is buried at St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary beside his wife.[4]
References
- ^ Unsworth, John, The Early Background of S.T. Coleridge, published in The Coleridge Bulletin, No 1, Summer 1988, pp 16–25 [1] "Lecturer of Molland" was an office established and funded by a member of the Courtenay family, lords of the manor of Molland, and involved preaching sermons in Molland Church, possibly also in Knowstone Church adjoining
- ^ The Story of a Devonshire House, Lord Bernard Coleridge, London: T. Fisher and Unwin; Paternoster Square, MCMV, 1906.
- ^ Exeter, St Mary Arches Marriages And Banns 1788
- ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257080707/james_coleridge
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Coleridge family tree
| John Coleridge[i] (1718–1781) | Ann Bowden[i] (1727–1809) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Herman Coleridge[ii] (1765–1790) | Frances Duke Taylor (1760–1838) | James Coleridge (1759–1836) | Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) | Sara Fricker (1770–1845) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Hart Coleridge[ii] (1789–1849) | Francis George Coleridge (1794–1854) | Edward Coleridge (1800–1883) | Henry Nelson Coleridge[iii] (1798–1843) | Sara Coleridge[iii] (1802–1852) | Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849) | Derwent Coleridge (1800–1883) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Taylor Coleridge (1790–1876) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry James Coleridge (1822–1893) | Alethea Coleridge (1827–1909) | John Mackarness (1820–1889) | Charles Edward Coleridge (1827–1875) | Herbert Coleridge (1830–1861) | Christabel Rose Coleridge (1843–1921) | Ernest Hartley Coleridge (1846–1920) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Coleridge (1820–1894) | Francis James Coleridge (1825–1862) | Arthur Duke Coleridge (1830–1913) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Coleridge (1854–1936) | Bernard Coleridge (1851–1927) | Mary Mackarness (1851–1940) | Percy Duke Coleridge (1850–1881) | Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jessie Alethea Mackarness (1881–1957) | Geoffrey Coleridge (1877–1955) | John Coleridge (1878–1951) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Coleridge (1905–1984) | Cecilia Fisher (1909–1991) | Sylvia Coleridge (1909–1986) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Coleridge (born 1937) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes:
- ^ a b Srinivasan, Archana (2004). Eminent English Writers. Sura Books. p. 12. ISBN 9788174785299.
- ^ a b
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wroth, Warwick William (1887). "Coleridge, William Hart". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co. - ^ a b Barbeau, Jeffrey W. (2014). Sara Coleridge: Her Life and Thought. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137430854.
Family tree of the Coleridge family
