Baron Coleridge, of

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in the County of Devon, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1874 for the prominent lawyer, judge and

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politician Sir John Coleridge. He served as

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from 1880 to 1894. His son, the second Baron, represented

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in the

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and served as a Judge of the

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. 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

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. The ancestral home of the Coleridge family is The Chanter's House in Ottery St Mary. In October 2006 the increasing costs of maintaining the property caused the family

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to put the property up for sale and auction the contents.

Barons Coleridge (1874 onwards)

* John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (1821–1894) * Bernard John Seymour Coleridge, 2nd Baron Coleridge (1851–1927) *

Geoffrey Duke Coleridge, 3rd Baron Coleridge Geoffrey Duke Coleridge, 3rd Baron Coleridge (23 July 1877 – 27 March 1955) was responsible for making the archive of his family member the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge available to researchers for the first time. Biography The only son of Ber ...

(1877–1955) *

Richard Duke Coleridge, 4th Baron Coleridge Richard Duke Coleridge, 4th Baron Coleridge (24 September 1905 – 20 May 1984) was a captain in the Royal Navy and served as the first Executive Secretary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from 1952 to 1970.

(1905–1984) *

William Duke Coleridge, 5th Baron Coleridge William Duke Coleridge, 5th Baron Coleridge DL (born 18 June 1937) is an hereditary peer who lives in Ottery St Mary in Devon, England. Biography The son of Richard Duke Coleridge, the 4th Baron Coleridge, Coleridge was educated at Eton Colleg ...

(b. 1937) The

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is the present holder's only son The Hon. James Duke Coleridge (b. 1967)
The heir apparent's heir presumptive is his uncle Hon. Samuel John Taylor Coleridge (b. 1942)
Next in line is the present holder's cousin Syndercombe James Duke Coleridge (b. 1941), a grandson of the 3rd Baron. He has two sons, Robert James Duke (b. 1979) and Nicholas John (b. 1981).

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