John & Jane COLERIDGE of Ottery St Mary

John Duke COLERIDGE, born in 1820, is the eldest son of John & Mary COLERIDGE of Bloomsbury. An announcement of his marriage appeared in the Exeter & Plymouth Gazette on 15th August 1846:

August 11, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, John Duke COLERIDGE. Esq., eldest son of the Hon. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, to Jane Seymour Fortescue, third daughter of the Rev. G. T. SEYMOUR, of Farringford, Isle of Wight.

John Duke COLERIDGE & Jane Fortescue SEYMOUR – Marriage registration September (Q3) 1846 in the Isle of Wight, Hants.

I have only found a record of John & Jane's son Bernard's birth, other dates were provided or confirmed by Tom Hughes:

Mildred Mary Duke COLERIDGE – Born 6th November 1847.

Bernard John Seymour COLERIDGE – Baptism 21st September 1851 in Ottery St Mary. Date of birth 19th August 1851.

Stephen Wm Buchanan COLERIDGE – Born 31st May 1854.

Gilbert James Duke COLERIDGE – Born 15th February 1859.

1851 census for Hampshire

Address	Name	Age	Relation	Occupation
Freshwater⧉ Lanningford House	George F SEYMOUR Mary SEYMOUR Henry F SEYMOUR Emily C SEYMOUR Jane F COLERIDGE Mary M COLERIDGE	59 56 24 17 26 3	Head Wife Son Daughter Daughter G'daur	Clergyman Church of Eng. Fellow of All Souls Oxford

In 1851 Jane and her daughter are staying with her parents.

1871 census for London

Address	Name	Age	Relation	Occupation
Paddington⧉ 1 Sussex Sq	John D COLERIDGE	49	Head	Solicitor General

1871 census for Oxfordshire

Address	Name	Age	Relation	Occupation
Cuddesdon⧉ Headington	Stephen W B COLERIDGE	16	Nephew	Scholar of Bradfield College

In 1871 John is recorded in Kensington and his son Stephen is staying in Oxfordshire with his aunt Alethea MACKARNESS and her extensive family.

1881 census for London

Address	Name	Age	Relation	Occupation
Paddington⧉ 1 Sussex Square	John D COLERIDGE Geraldine B COLERIDGE Gilbert J D COLERIDGE John D COLERIDGE Stephen W B COLERIDGE Mildred M COLERIDGE	59 21 22 16m 26 35	Head Daur Son Grandson Son Daur	Lord Chief Justice of England Scholar at Oxford Merchant M A

In 1881 John, who is widowed, is in Kensington with three of his children. Geraldine is incorrectly recorded as John's daughter when she is in fact Stephen's wife, and the young John D is their son.

There are records of Jane's death and probate:

Jane Fortescue COLERIDGE – Death registration March (Q1) 1878 in Kensington, aged 54.

19 Oct 1887. Administration of the Personal Estate of the Right Honourable Jane Fortescue Baroness COLERIDGE (Wife of the Right Honourable John Duke Baron COLERIDGE) late of Heath's Court Ottery St. Mary in the County of Devon and of 1 Sussex-square in the County of Middlesex who died 6 February 1878 at 1 Sussex-square was granted at the Principal Registry to the said Right Honourable John Duke Baron COLERIDGE of Heath's Court and of 1 Sussex-square Lord Chief Justice of England. Personal Estate £313 12s.

There is a notice of Mildred's marriage in the Edinburgh Evening News on 24th June 1885:

ADAMS–COLERIDGE. The marriage of Charles Warren ADAMS and the hon. Mildred COLERIDGE took place this morning at St Matthias, Earl's-court. The ceremony was strictly private, and Lord COLERIDGE having refused his daughter's request to be present, no invitations were issued to the COLERIDGE family. All the immediate members of the late Lady COLERIDGE's family were present.

Mildred Mary COLERIDGE & Charles Warren ADAMS – Marriage registration June (Q2) 1885 in Kensington.

 

There was a notice of John's second marriage in the Western Times on 18th August 1885:

COLERIDGE–LAWFORD. August 13, by special license, at 42, Victoria Rd, Kensington, the residence of the bride's mother, the Right Hon John Duke, first Baron COLERIDGE, to Amy Augusta Jackson, eldest daughter of the late Henry Baring LAWFORD, of the Bengal Civil Service.

John Duke COLERIDGE & Amy Augusta J LAWFORD – Marriage registration September (Q3) 1885 in Kensington.

1891 census for Devon

Address	Name	Age	Relation	Occupation
Ottery St Mary Heaths Court	John Duke COLERIDGE Amy A I COLERIDGE Georgina H LAWFORD Cora M L LAWFORD	70 37 71 34	Head Wife Mthr-in-Law Sis-in-law	Lord Chief Justice of England

In 1891 John & Amy are in Ottery St Mary with Amy's mother and sister.

1901 census for London

Address	Name	Age	Relation	Occupation
Kensington	Lady Amy COLERIDGE	47	Head	Peers widow Living On Own Means

1911 census for London

Address	Name	Age	Relation	Occupation
Kensington⧉ 36 Hyde Park Gate	Amy COLERIDGE Egerton Baring LAWFORD	57 56	Head Brother	Private Means Barrister-at-Law

1921 census for London

Address	Name	Age	Relation	Occupation
Kensington⧉	Amy COLERIDGE Flora LAWFORD A PHELPS Selina CORNER Elizabeth CHADBONE	68 64 54 56 36	Head Visitor Servant Servant Servant	House Keeper Parlour Maid House Maid

In 1901, 1911 and 1921 John's second wife Amy, who is widowed, is recorded in Kensington.

There are records of the deaths of John & Amy:

John Duke COLERIDGE – Death registration June (Q2) 1894 in Paddington, aged 73.

The right honourable John Duke baron COLERIDGE of 1 Sussex-square Middlesex and of Heath's court Ottery St. Mary Devon lord chief justice of England died 14 June 1894 at 1 Sussex-square Probate London 4 July 1894 to Amy Augusta Jackson lady COLERIDGE widow Effects £15445 4s. 8d.

Amy A J COLERIDGE – Death registration June (Q2) 1933 in Kensington, aged 80.

The right honourable Amy Augusta Jackson COLERIDGE of 36 Hyde Park-gate Kensington Middlesex widow died 27 May 1933 Probate London 11 August 1933 to Egerton Charles Baring LAWFORD barrister and Dulce Dolores Bainbridge BARRINGTON spinster. Effects £47889 14s. 8d.