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Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (6 May 1754 – 30 June 1842), known as Coke of Norfolk or Coke of Holkham, was a British politician and agricultural reformer.
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. By contrast, biographers of Thomas William Coke have tended to focus on his career as a parliamentarian and agricultural reformer.
7 de jun. de 2017 · Situated on the Norfolk coast, the 25,000-acre Holkham estate is both tourist attraction and family home. Lord Leicester, 51, who succeeded to the title in 2015 but has run the estate since 2006...
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.
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.
10 de jun. de 2020 · Tom, or Lord Coke for those who wish to keep things formal, belongs to an aristocratic lineage 400 years in the making. The founder of the family fortunes was Sir Edward Coke, a Norfolk-born gentleman who became the foremost legal mind of the Elizabethan and early Jacobean era.
Thomas Coke (1697-1759), created Earl of Leicester in 1744, married Margaret Tufton, co-heir of the 6th Earl of Thanet, and through her acquired the Dungeness lighthouse dues.
