Wenman Roberts Coke, Esquire of Holkham and Longford, successor to the Coke estates
Dates: c.1716–11 April 1776
Biography
Born Wenman Roberts, he was the son of Major Philip Roberts and Anne Coke. Through his mother he inherited the Holkham and Longford interests after the extinction of the senior Coke and Longford male lines. Under the succession arrangements he assumed the surname and arms of Coke, married Elizabeth Chamberlayne, and became father of Thomas William Coke, later 1st Earl of Leicester of the 1837 creation, and Edward Coke of Longford.
Notes / Sources
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
Longford Hall history — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longford_Hall,_Derbyshire
The Peerage, Wenman Roberts Coke family — https://www.thepeerage.com/p1771.htm
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Roberts-Coke succession
Father: Major Philip Roberts
Mother: Anne Coke, daughter of Edward Coke of Holkham
Spouse(s): Elizabeth Chamberlayne, later Denton
Children / next generation: Thomas William Coke, later 1st Earl of Leicester of the 1837 creation; Edward Coke of Longford; Margaret Coke; Elizabeth Coke
Armorial Registry
Coke of Holkham — Wenman Roberts Coke and the assumption of the Coke surname and arms
Branch: Roberts maternal-nephew succession into the Holkham and Longford Coke estates
Issued / recorded: 1756
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