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John Taylor Coleridge
Sir John Taylor Coleridge (9 July 1790 – 11 February 1876) was an English judge, the second son of Captain James Coleridge and nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Life.
He was born at Tiverton, Devon, and was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he had a reputedly brilliant career. He graduated in 1812, became a Vinerian Scholar and was soon after made a fellow of Exeter College. In 1819 he was called to the bar at the Middle Temple
town still lies under the flightpath for Exeter International Airport. Airplanes regularly pass overhead, mostly turboprops operated by Flybe. There are about 20 such flights a day.
Historic estates.
Various historic estates exist within the parish of Ottery include:
- Cadhay
- Thorne
- Knightstone
Notable people.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the Romantic poet, was born here on 21 October 1772. His father, the Reverend John Coleridge, was a vicar; the family lived at Chanters House when John Coleridge was