Biography of Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester 1697-1759

Paternal Family Tree: Coke

Maternal Family Tree: Mary Morris Countess Dover 1565-1648

Around 1696 [his father] Edward Coke (age 17) and [his mother] Carey Newton (age 15) were married. They were third cousins.

On 17 Jun 1697 Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester was born to Edward Coke (age 19) and Carey Newton (age 17).

On 03 Jul 1718 Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 21) and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet (age 73) and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet.

On 02 Feb 1719 [his son] Edward Coke was born to Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 21) and [his wife] Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 18).

On 28 May 1728 Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 30) was created 1st Baron Lovel of Minster Lovell. [his wife] Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 27) by marriage Baroness Lovel of Minster Lovell.

On 16 May 1736 John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 41) and [his sister-in-law] Mary Tufton Countess Gower were married. She by marriage Baroness Gower. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet. They were fourth cousins.

On 09 May 1744 Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 46) was created 1st Earl of Leicester. [his wife] Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 43) by marriage Countess of Leicester.

On 08 Jul 1746 John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 51) was created 1st Earl Gower. [his sister-in-law] Mary Tufton Countess Gower by marriage Countess Gower.

On 01 Apr 1747 [his son] Edward Coke (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Campbell (age 20) were married. She the daughter of John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll. He the son of Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 49) and [his wife] Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 46).

On 22 Mar 1757 [his sister-in-law] Anne Tufton Countess of Salisbury died.

On 20 Apr 1759 Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 61) died. Earl of Leicester and Baron Lovel of Minster Lovell extinct. Wenman Roberts aka Coke (age 42) inherited his estates.

On 31 Aug 1753 [his son] Edward Coke (age 34) died.

Monument in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tittleshall [Map] commissioned by wife and mother [his wife] Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 58). Erected in 1760. Sculpted by Charles Atkinson. Gadrooned sarcophagus on pedestal with a carved and painted achievement above surrounded by extravagant mantling. Flanked by pair of composite columns supporting a dentilated pediment. Carved bust figures to the sides of the Earl and Countess by Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 56).

Edward Coke: On 02 Feb 1719 he was born to Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester. On 01 Apr 1747 Edward Coke and Mary Campbell were married. She the daughter of John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll. He the son of Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester.

In 1774 Pompeo Batoni (age 65). Portrait of Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester.

On 28 Feb 1778 [his former wife] Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 77) died. Baron de Clifford abeyant.

1815. Ramsay Richard Reinagle (age 38). Portrait of Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester.

In 1820 John Francis (age 39) exhibited a bust of Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester at the Royal Academy.

Letters of Horace Walpole. I now entirely credit all that my Lord Leicester and his family have said against Lady Mary Coke and her family1; and am convinced that it is impossible to marry any thing of the blood of Campbell, without having all her relations in arms to procure a separation immediately. Pray, what have I done? have I come home drunk to my wife within these four first days? or have I sat up gaming all night, and not come home at all to her, after her lady-mother had been persuaded that I was the soberest young nobleman in England, and had the greatest aversion to play'! Have I kept my bride awake all night with railing at her father, when all the world had allowed him to be one of the bravest officers in Europe? In short, in short, I have a mind to take COUNSEL, even of the wisest lawyer now living in matrimonial cases, my Lord Coke * * * If, like other Norfolk husbands, I must entertain the town with a formal parting, at least it shall be in my own way: my wife shall neither 'run to Italy after lovers and books306, nor keep a dormitory in her dressing-room at Whitehall for Westminster schoolboys, your Frederick Campbells, and such like.307 nor 'yet shall she reside at her mother's house, but shall absolutely set out for Strawberry Hill in two or three days, as soon as her room can be well aired; for, to give her her due, I don't think her to blame, but flatter myself she is quite contented with the easy footing we live upon; separate beds, dining in her dressing-room when she is out of humour, and a little toad-eater that I had got for her, and whose pockets and bosom I have never examined, to see if' she brought any billets-doux from Tommy Lyttelton or any of her fellows. I shall follow her myself in less than a fortnight; and if her family don't give me any more trouble,-why, who knows but at your return you may find your daughter with qualms and in a sack? If you should happen to want to know any more particulars, she is quite well, has walked in the park every morning, or has the chariot, as she chooses; and, in short, one would think that I or she were much older than we really are, for I grow excessively fond of her.308

Note 305. Now first published.

Note 306. Alluding to the wife of his eldest brother, Lord Walpole, Margaret Rolle, who had separated Herself from her husband, and resided in Italy.-E.

Note 307. Lady Townshend.-E.

Note 308. All this letter refers to Ann Seymour Conway, then three years old, who had been left with her nurse at Mr. Walpole's, during an absence of her father and mother in Ireland.-E.

Note 1. Mary Campbell had married [his son] Edward Coke son of Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester.

Royal Ancestors of Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester 1697-1759

Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of Philip IV King France

Ancestors of Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester 1697-1759

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Coke

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Coke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Winifred Knightley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Coke 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paston 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Paston 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Coke 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lovelace of Woolwich

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Lovelace of Kingsdown

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Lovelace

GrandFather: Robert Coke 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Father: Edward Coke 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Osborne

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hewett Osborne

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hewett

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Osborne 1st Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fleetwood

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joyce Fleetwood

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Spring

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Walmesley

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Walmesley Lady Osborne 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Danvers

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Danvers 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Neville 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Anne Osborne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jeffrey

Great x 1 Grandmother: Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cockayne

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cockayne

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Medcalf

Great x 2 Grandmother: Martha Cockayne Countess Lindsey and Holderness

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Morris

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Morris Countess Dover

Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Newton

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Newton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Newton

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Newton 2nd Baronet

GrandFather: John Newton 3rd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gervase Eyre

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Eyre of Laughton en le Morthen and Rampton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gervase Eyre

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Eyre

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Babington

Mother: Carey Newton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Heveningham 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Heveningham 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Heveningham 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Heveningham 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

GrandMother: Abigail Heveningham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Carey 3rd Baron Hunsdon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hyde Baroness Hunsdon

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Carey 2nd Earl Dover 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Judith Pelham Countess Dover 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Carey 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cockayne

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cockayne

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Medcalf

Great x 2 Grandmother: Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Morris

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Morris Countess Dover