Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of the 1837 creation, Member of Parliament for Norfolk and Derby, agricultural reformer, 1st Viscount Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham
Dates: 6 May 1754–30 June 1842
Biography
Thomas William Coke was the eldest son of Wenman Roberts Coke. He inherited Holkham and Longford in 1776 and became known as Coke of Norfolk through his agricultural reforms and political career. In 1837 Queen Victoria created him Viscount Coke and Earl of Leicester of Holkham. By his first wife Jane Dutton he had three daughters; by his second wife Lady Anne Amelia Keppel he had Thomas William Coke, later 2nd Earl of Leicester, and younger sons Edward Keppel Coke, Henry John Coke and Wenman Clarence Walpole Coke.
Notes / Sources
Cracroft's Peerage, Leicester 1837 — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/leicester1837.htm
Dictionary of National Biography — https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Coke,_Thomas_William
Holkham official history — https://www.holkham.co.uk/about-us/our-history/
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Coke of Holkham and Leicester
Father: Wenman Roberts Coke
Mother: Elizabeth Chamberlayne, later Denton
Spouse(s): Jane Dutton; Lady Anne Amelia Keppel
Children / next generation: Lady Jane Elizabeth Coke; Lady Anne Margaret Coke; Lady Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke; Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester; Captain Hon. Edward Keppel Coke; Hon. Henry John Coke; Lt.-Col. Hon. Wenman Clarence Walpole Coke; Lady Margaret Sophia Coke
Armorial Registry
Coke of Holkham — Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of the 1837 creation, and the revived Holkham peerage
Branch: Holkham branch descended from Wenman Roberts Coke
Issued / recorded: 1837
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