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Major Thomas William Edward Coke, 5th Earl of Leicester of Holkham, was born on 16 May, 1908. He was the son of Thomas William Coke, 4th Earl of Leicester, and Marion Gertrude Trefusis. He was educated at Eton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
12 de oct. de 2022 · While much has been written about the collecting practices of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of the 5th Creation (1697–1759), less attention has been paid to those of his successor Thomas William Coke, later 1st Earl of Leicester of the 7th Creation (1754–1842).
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.
When he ( fourth Earl) died the titles passed to his eldest son, the fifth Earl, in 1949. He was an Extra Equerry to both George VI and Elizabeth II. He died without male issue and was succeeded by his first cousin, the sixth Earl in 1976. He was the son of the Hon. Arthur George Coke, second son of the third Earl.
Thomas Edward Coke, 8th Earl of Leicester (born 6 July 1965), is the son of Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester, and Valeria Phyllis Potter. He is the current Earl of Leicester. From 1994 to 2015, when he succeeded into the earldom, he was styled Viscount Coke.
In 1718, Thomas Coke (later the 1st Earl of Leicester) returned from the grand tour of Europe captivated by Italy’s beauty. So he began to draft designs for a villa on the north tip of the...
Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation) (1697–1759), English land owner and patron of the arts.
