Introduction

Biography

Coleridge was the son of John Tay­lor Co­le­ridge and Ma­ry Bu­chan­an, and grand ne­phew of po­et Sam­uel Tay­lor Co­le­ridge.

Educated at Eton Col­lege and Bal­li­ol Col­lege, Ox­ford, he sub­se­quent­ly be­came a fel­low of Exe­ter Col­lege, Ox­ford.

He was called to the bar in 1846, and served as Re­cor­der of Ports­mouth (1855–66); Mem­ber of Par­lia­me­nt for Exe­ter (1865); So­li­ci­tor-Ge­ne­ral (1868); At­torney-Ge­ne­ral (1871); and Lord Chief Jus­tice of Eng­land (1880).

His hymns were writ­ten for pri­vate use of his fa­mi­ly, and ap­peared in God­frey Thring’s 1880 Church of Eng­land Hymn-Book.