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Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (6 May 1754 – 30 June 1842), [2] known as Coke of Norfolk or Coke of Holkham, [3] was a British politician and agricultural reformer.
Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, KB (17 June 1697 – 20 April 1759) was an English land-owner and patron of the arts. He is particularly noted for commissioning the design and construction of Holkham Hall in north Norfolk.
Robert Dudley, created Earl of Leicester in 1564. Earl of Leicester is a title that has been created seven times. The first title was granted during the 12th century in the Peerage of England. The current title is in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and was created in 1837.
In 1837, at the age of 83, Thomas William Coke accepted the re-created title ‘Earl of Leicester’ from Queen Victoria. In the same year a new inn was built, which, of course, was named The Victoria Inn.
7 de jun. de 2017 · On completing Holkham’s park in the mid-18th century, the 1st Earl was struck with a poetic sense of his own solitude. “I am a giant, of giant’s castle, and I have eaten up all my neighbours ...
12 de oct. de 2022 · The first Thomas Coke was responsible for the construction and decoration of Holkham Hall in Norfolk. He was a passionate and enlightened collector, celebrated for his artistic contribution to Holkham.
‘Coke of Norfolk’ was an assertively Whig MP for Norfolk for over 50 years; there were two short intervals, when political excitement overwhelmed his local influence as a large ...
