David Coleridge
{{Short description|British insurance underwriter (1932–2020)}}
{{One source|date=February 2025}}
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| name = David Coleridge
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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1932|06|07}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|12|26|1932|06|07}}
| death_place = United Kingdom
| occupation = Insurance underwriter and business executive
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| known_for = Chairman of Lloyd's of London 1991-1992
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| spouse = {{Marriage | Susan Senior |1955 }}
| children = Three including Nicholas Coleridge
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David Ean Coleridge (7 June 1932 – 26 December 2020) was a British insurance underwriter who briefly served as the chairman of Lloyd's from 1991 until 1992, during one of the most tumultuous periods in its history.{{cite news |url=https://worsfoldmedia.co.uk/2021/01/05/david-coleridge-guided-lloyds-through-the-storm/ |title=David Coleridge: guided Lloyd’s through the storm |date=January 5, 2021 |publisher=Worsfold Media }}
Early life
The son of a cotton broker, Coleridge was a great-great-great-great nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was educated at Eton College, where he was a prefect. Having been turned down for National Service and failed to be admitted to Oxford.
Career
He entered Lloyd's, working initially for a small broking firm. After five years, he became a member of Lloyd's.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/david-coleridge-obituary-gz0v7fndd|title=David Coleridge obituary|date=January 9, 2021|website=www.thetimes.com}}
Personal life
He married Susan Senior in 1955, whom he had met at a cocktail party. He had three sons, including being the father of Sir Nicholas Coleridge.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/12/30/david-coleridge-chairman-lloyds-insurance-market-turbulent-years/ |title=David Coleridge, chairman of Lloyd’s insurance market during turbulent years – obituary |date=December 30, 2020 |publisher=The Telegraph }}
He died on 26 December 2020.{{cite news |url=https://www.postonline.co.uk/lloydslondon/7726961/david-coleridge-an-obituary |title=David Coleridge - an obituary |date=December 29, 2020 |publisher=Insurance Post }}
References
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External links
- [https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-90000381599?rskey=4a7xiz&result=65 Coleridge, David Ean (1932–2020), Lloyd’s underwriter]
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