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- Thomas Coke (privy counsellor)Thomas Coke (privy counsellor)Thomas Coke was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1698 and 1715.Coke was the son of John Coke and his wife Mary Leventhorpe, daughter of Sir Thomas Leventhorpe, 4th Baronet. He was born at Melbourne, Derbyshire where he was baptised on 19 February 1675....
(1675–1727) of Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire, created Privy Counsellor]in 1708 - Thomas Coke (bishop)Thomas Coke (bishop)Thomas Coke was the first Methodist Bishop and is known as the Father of Methodist Missions.Born in Brecon, south Wales, his father was a well-to-do apothecary...
(1747–1814), early Methodist - Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, KB was a wealthy English land-owner and patron of the arts. He is particularly noted for commissioning the design and construction of Holkham Hall in north Norfolk. Between 1722 and 1728, he was Member of Parliament for Norfolk.He was the son of Edward Coke ...
(1697–1759) - Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh creation)Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh creation)Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester , known as Coke of Norfolk, was a British politician and agricultural reformer. Born to Wenman Coke, Member of Parliament for Derby and his wife Elizabeth, Coke was educated at several schools, including Eton College, before undertaking a Grand Tour of...
(1754–1842), agricultural innovator, created 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham - Several other holders of the British title Earl of LeicesterEarl of LeicesterThe title Earl of Leicester was created in the 12th century in the Peerage of England , and is currently a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1837.-Early creations:...
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