John Duke Coleridge 1821 - 1897
John Duke Coleridge , British jurist. Educated at the University of Oxford. He began practicing law in 1846 and was elected to Parliament in 1865. Three years later he was appointed solicitor general and in 1871 became attorney general. He was appointed chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1873, was raised to the peerage in 1874, and was chief justice of the Court of the Queen's Bench from 1880 to 1894.
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| Born: Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England 3rd Dec 1821 | Baptised:
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