The Earl of Leicester
Coke, by George Richmond, 1858
2nd Earl of Leicester
In office
30 June 1842 – 24 January 1909
Preceded byThomas Coke
Succeeded byThomas Coke
Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall
In office
1870–1901
Preceded byHerbert William Fisher
Succeeded byThe Earl Spencer
Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk
In office
1846–1906
Preceded byThe Lord Wodehouse
Succeeded byViscount Coke
Personal details
Born
Thomas William Coke

(1822-12-26)26 December 1822
Died24 January 1909(1909-01-24) (aged 86)
Spouse(s)Juliana Whitbread
Hon.Georgiana Cavendish
ChildrenJulia Wingfield, Viscountess Powerscourt
Lady Anne Manningham-Buller
Gertrude Murray, Countess of Dunmore
Thomas Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester
Mary Legge, Countess of Dartmouth
Winifred Clements, Countess of Leitrim
Margaret Strutt, Lady Belper
Mildred Anson, Countess of Lichfield
Hon.Wenman Coke
Hon.Richard Coke
Lady Mabel Luddington
Hon.Edward Coke
Hon.Sir John Spencer Coke
Hon.Reginald Coke
Hon.Henry Coke
Hon.Lovel Coke
Parent(s)Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester
Lady Anne Amelia Keppel

Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester KG DL (26 December 1822 – 24 January 1909), known as Viscount Coke from 1837 to 1842, was a British peer.

Background

Holkham Hall remains the family seat of the Earls of Leicester.

Leicester was the son of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, by his second wife Lady Anne Amelia Keppel. He succeeded to the earldom and Holkham Hall on his father's death in 1842.

Public life

Lord Leicester served as Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk from 1846 to 1906 and was a member of the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall and Keeper of the Privy Seal. In 1873 he was made a Knight of the Garter.[1]

Family

Lord Leicester married firstly, Juliana Whitbread (1825–1870), daughter of Samuel Charles Whitbread and Hon. Julia Trevor (d. 1858), on 20 April 1843. They had nine children:

Lord Leicester married secondly, Hon. Georgina Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham, on 26 August 1875. They had six children:

  • Major Hon. Richard Coke (20 August 1876 – 14 June 1964), he married Hon. Doreen O'Brien (niece of The Honorable Alice White though her eldest sister) on 21 December 1907 and they were divorced in 1927. They have five children. He remarried Elizabeth Vera Catherine Alice de Beaumont (maternal grandfather Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan) on 19 July 1932. They have three children.
  • Lady Mabel Coke ( 1878 – 29 January 1967), she married James Luddington on 8 August 1929.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Edward Coke (17 October 1879 – 4 September 1944), died unmarried.
Thomas Coke, second Earl of Leicester, by Leslie Ward, 1883

Ancestry

Notes

  1. Clarke, Ernest (1912). "Coke, Thomas William" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. Kidd, C. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 1990. Debrett's Peerage 1990. ISBN 9780333388471. Retrieved 3 August 2016. Rosemary Olive (Baroness Hamilton of Dalzell), b 1910: m 1935, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell. Residence – Garden Cottage, Snowdenham House, Bramley, Guildford.— Celia Dorothy, b 1919: m 1942, Stamp Godfrey Brooksbank, Capt ...
  3. Burgess, K. (22 January 2018). "Princess Eugenie to marry in autumn". The Times. Retrieved 11 October 2018. He is a descendant of the Brooksbank baronets and his ancestors include Stamp Brooksbank, a governor of the Bank of England in the 18th century, Thomas Coke, the second Earl of Leicester, and Sir John (Jack) Spencer Coke, who was gentleman usher to King George VI.
  4. Black, A and C (1961). "Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who". A. & C. Black, 1961. Retrieved 11 October 2018. COKE, Major Hon. Sir John (Spencer), K.C.V.O., or. 1953 (C.V.O. 1946); Scots Guards, retired ; Extra Gentleman Usher to the Queen since 1952 (Gentleman Usher in Ordinary, ...
  5. "COURT AND PERSONAL Marlborough House, Monday. Queen Mary, attended by Lady Cecily Vesey and Major the Hon. John Coke..." Belfast News-Letter. Antrim, Northern Ireland. 27 November 1951. Retrieved 24 June 2016. (The Queen), attended by Lady Cecily Vesey and Major the Hon. John Coke, this afternoon visited the annual exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters at the Royal Institute Galleries, 195, Piccadilly. The King has approved that the honour of knighthood (be) bestowed (upon the Major...)
  6. Harris, K. (7 October 2018). "Princess Eugenie's fiancé Jack is NOT a commoner - unseen photos REVEALED ahead of wedding". UK Daily Express. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  7. Malvern, Jack (22 January 2018). "Jack Brooksbank: the former waiter marrying Princess Eugenie". The Times. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

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