Thomas Coke, earl of Leicester

(1697-1759)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Leicester, Thomas Coke, earl of, d. 1759 NRA: Coke, Thomas (c 1695-1759) 1st Earl of Leicester DNB: Coke, Thomas, earl of Leicester (1697–1759), politician, architect LBT ID: LdLeice1a VIAF ID: 17500732 LOC ID: no91011959	B/BAP: 1697-06-17 DIED: 1759-04-20
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Educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, he was an MP and supporter of Robert Walpole and the builder of the grand Palladian mansion, Holkham Hall.
REFERENCES TO Thomas Coke, earl of Leicester: Sir James Edward Smith to William Roscoe, [7 September 1812] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Found 1: ¶ 1 Sir James Edward Smith to William Roscoe, [3 October 1814] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Found 1: ¶ 2 Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter XIII. 1812-1815 Found 2: ¶ 37 ¶ 38