Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Viscount Coke, Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk, Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk, Knight of the Garter
Dates: 26 December 1822–24 January 1909
Biography
The second earl succeeded his father in 1842 and was Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk for much of the Victorian period. He married Juliana Whitbread and later Hon. Georgina Cavendish. His eldest son Thomas William succeeded as 3rd Earl. His daughters married into the Powerscourt, Manningham-Buller and Dunmore families, creating important armigerous marriage branches.
Notes / Sources
Cracroft's Peerage, Leicester 1837 — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/leicester1837.htm
The Peerage, Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl — https://www.thepeerage.com/p10360.htm
Wikimedia Commons, 2nd Earl's achievement — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Thomas_Coke,_2nd_Earl_of_Leicester,_KG,_DL.png
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Holkham Leicester senior line
Father: Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of the 1837 creation
Mother: Lady Anne Amelia Keppel
Spouse(s): Juliana Whitbread; Hon. Georgina Caroline Cavendish
Children / next generation: Thomas William Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester; Lt.-Col. Hon. Wenman Coke; Lady Julia Coke, Viscountess Powerscourt; Lady Anne Coke, later Mrs Manningham-Buller; Lady Gertrude Coke, Countess of Dunmore; Lady Mary Coke; Lady Winifred Coke; Lady Margaret Coke; Lady Mildred Coke; Lady Mabel Coke; Major Hon. Richard Coke; Lt.-Col. Hon. Edward Coke
Armorial Registry
Coke of Holkham — Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, Garter achievement and Victorian Holkham continuation
Branch: Senior male succession from Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of the 1837 creation
Issued / recorded: 1842
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