Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester
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Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester KB (* 1697 ; † April 20, 1759 ) was an English landowner, patron and politician , he had Holkham Hall built.
He was the son of Edward Coke and his wife Carey Newton. As a young man, he went on the Grand Tour for six years , among other things it took him to Italy, where in 1717 he acquired the Codex Leicester , later named after him , which was designed by Leonardo da Vinci .
From 1722 to 1728 he was an MP in the House of Commons for the constituency of Norfolk . On May 27, 1725 he was accepted as a Knight Companion in the newly founded Order of the Bath , the solemn investiture took place on June 17, 1725. In 1728 he was raised to the hereditary nobility as Baron Lovel , of Minster Lovel in the County of Oxford, which was also associated with a hereditary seat in the House of Lords . He had to give up his mandate in the House of Commons. From 1733-1759 he was Postmaster General ( Postmaster General ). In 1744 he was given the additional hereditary titles of Earl of Leicester and Viscount Coke , of Holkham in the County of Norfolk. All titles mentioned belonged to the Peerage of Great Britain .
Since his only son, Edward Coke, Viscount Coke (1719–1753) died childless and before him, his titles of nobility expired on his death in 1759.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.racns.co.uk/trails/NorthNorfolk.pdf
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 168.
- ↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersL1.htm
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| SURNAME | Coke, Thomas, 1st Earl of Leicester |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English landowner, patron and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1697 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 1759 |