Preceded by Thomas Coke Preceded by The Lord Wodehouse Died January 24, 1909 Succeeded by The Earl Spencer Role 2nd Earl of Leicester | Name Thomas 2nd Succeeded by Thomas Coke Succeeded by Viscount Coke Grandparents Wenman Coke | |
Parents Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester Similar People Thomas Coke - 1st Earl of Le, Richard Boyle - 3rd Earl of Bu, William Kent | ||
Preceded by Herbert William Fisher |
Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester (26 December 1822 – 24 January 1909), known as Viscount Coke from 1837 to 1842, was a British peer.
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Background
Leicester was the son of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, by his second wife Lady Anne Amelia Keppel. He succeeded in the earldom 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.
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: