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Edward Douglas Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester, CBE DL (6 May 1936 – 25 April 2015), styled Viscount Coke between 1976 and 1994, was an English nobleman. The Earl of Leicester was one of Norfolk's leading figures and played a key role in preserving and modernising the Holkham Estate over 40 years.
Its current pre-eminence owes much to the love and care of Edward Douglas Coke – Eddie – the 7th Earl of Leicester, a dynamic Southern African who came to Britain at the age of 25.
Edward Coke (later the 7th Earl) took full control over the running of Holkham Estate after the death of the 5th Earl. His father (the 6th Earl) lived in South Africa for most of his life and didn’t wish to return to the UK to take on the running of Holkham.
7 de jun. de 2017 · Sir Edward Coke, chief justice under James I and originator of the Coke family fortune, enshrined into law the dictum that “an Englishman’s home is his castle” in 1628. Almost four centuries...
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.
The Coke family owned land in Norfolk from the 13th century. Sir Edward Coke (1549-1633), Lord Chief Justice, added greatly to the Norfolk estates, inherited Suffolk property through his wife...
27 de abr. de 2015 · The 7th Earl of Leicester, who has died aged 78, was a farmer and countryman who revived the fortunes of his family seat, Holkham Hall, in Norfolk, overseeing its transformation from a...
