Thomas Coke, Knight of the Bath, 1st Baron Lovel, 1st Viscount Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, Postmaster-General
Dates: 1697–20 April 1759
Biography
Thomas Coke was the eldest son of Edward Coke of Holkham. He married Lady Margaret Tufton, daughter and coheiress of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, and received successive peerage creations as Baron Lovel in 1728 and Viscount Coke and Earl of Leicester in 1744. His only son Edward, Viscount Coke, predeceased him without issue, and the 1744 earldom became extinct in 1759.
Notes / Sources
Tittleshall monument and heraldic description — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monument_Thomas_Coke,_1st_Earl_of_Leicester,_St_Mary%27s_Church,_Tittleshall,_Norfolk.jpg
Burke's Commoners, Coke of Holkham — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/A_Genealogical_and_Heraldic_History_of_the_Commoners_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland_Enjoying_Territorial_Possessions_or_High_Official_Rank%3B_but_Uninvested_with_Heritable_Honours_%28Vol.I%29_%28IA_dli.granth.36117%29.pdf
English Heraldic Book-stamps — https://www.gutenberg.org/files/47714/47714-h/47714-h.htm
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Senior Holkham peerage line
Father: Edward Coke of Holkham
Mother: Carey Newton, daughter of Sir John Newton, Baronet
Spouse(s): Lady Margaret Tufton, 19th Baroness Clifford
Children / next generation: Edward Coke, Viscount Coke, died without issue
Armorial Registry
Coke of Holkham — Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of the 1744 creation, and the extinct senior peerage
Branch: Senior Holkham line descended from Edward Coke of Holkham
Issued / recorded: 1728
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