James Coleridge (3 December 1759 – 10 January 1836) was an older brother of the philosopher-poet

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( ; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth ...

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

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in the town. He had previously been master of

Hugh Squier Hugh Squier (1625-1710) of Petty France, London, Petty France, Westminster, was a wealthy merchant best remembered as a generous benefactor to the town of South Molton in Devon, the place of his birth, where in 1684 he founded a "free school". ...

's School in

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, Devon, and lecturer of nearby

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. James obtained his captaincy during the period of the

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and was later promoted to

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. He purchased the Coleridge family home, the Chanter's House, in

Ottery St. Mary Ottery St Mary, known as "Ottery", is a town and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England, on the River Otter, about east of Exeter on the B3174. At the 2001 census, the parish, which includes the villages of Metcombe, Fairm ...

, Devon in 1796. During

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he escorted French prisoners to

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Family

On 27 February 1788 he married Frances Duke Taylor at St Mary Arches Church, Exeter.Exeter, St Mary Arches Marriages And Banns 1788 They had six surviving children, including Sir John Taylor Coleridge, future Judge of the

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, and

Henry Nelson Coleridge Henry Nelson Coleridge (25 October 1798 – 26 January 1843) was an editor of the works of his uncle Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Life His father was Colonel James Coleridge, of Ottery St. Mary. He was born on 25 October 1798. He was educated at ...

, the editor of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's works. He died on 10 January 1836 aged 76.

References

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People from Ottery St Mary