George Coldham

George Coldham (16 April 1766 - 18 September 1815) was Town Clerk to the Corporation of Nottingham from 1791 to 1815.

In 1782 he worked as a clerk for his uncle, Edward Coldham, a solicitor at Bury St Edmunds, but he moved to London where he worked on Broad Street as an attorney at law.

[1] He is best known for obtaining a verdict in the case of James v. Green in 1795 establishing a right of levying a county-rate, which relieved the Corporation of Nottingham of many municipal expenses.

[2] In Nottingham he joined with Richard Enfield to form the firm of Coldham and Endfield in Rose Yard, now known as King John’s Chambers.

When it hit a post, it overturned, and Coldham landed on his head and was killed.