# Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester

> Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, known as Coke of Norfolk or Coke of Holkham, was a British politician and agricultural reformer. Born to Wenman Coke, Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby, and his wife Elizabeth, Coke was educated at several schools, including Eton College, before undertaking a Grand Tour of Europe. He returned to Britain and married. When his father died he inherited a 30,000-acre Norfolk estate. Returned to Parliament in 1776 for Norfolk, Coke became a close friend of Charles James Fox, and joined his Eton schoolmate William Windham in his support of the American colonists during the American Revolutionary War. As a supporter of Fox, Coke was one of the MPs who lost their seats in the 1784 general election, and he returned to Norfolk to work on farming, hunting, and the maintenance and expansion of Holkham Hall, his ancestral home.

*British politician (1754-1842)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/thomas-coke-1st-earl-of-leicester

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1754-05-06
- **Died:** 1842-06-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.9 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 9.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 16.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Thomas Coke, 1:e earl av Leicester (1754-1842)](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Coke%2C_1%3Ae_earl_av_Leicester_(1754%E2%80%931842))
- [توماس كوك ايرل ليستر الاول](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84)
- [Thomas Coke, Iarll 1af Caerlŷr](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Coke%2C_Iarll_1af_Caerl%C5%B7r)
- [Thomas William Coke, 1. Earl of Leicester](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Coke%2C_1._Earl_of_Leicester)
- [Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh creation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Coke%2C_1st_Earl_of_Leicester_(seventh_creation))
- [Thomas Coke](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Coke)
- [Thomas Coke (1er comte de Leicester, 1754-1842)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Coke_(1er_comte_de_Leicester%2C_1754-1842))
- [Thomas Coke, I conte di Leicester](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Coke%2C_I_conte_di_Leicester)
- [トマス・クック (初代レスター伯爵、1754-1842)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF_(%E5%88%9D%E4%BB%A3%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E4%BC%AF%E7%88%B5%E3%80%811754-1842))
- [Thomas William Coke (1. hrabia Leicester)](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Coke_(1._hrabia_Leicester))
- [Кук, Томас Уильям, 1-й граф Лестер](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%2C_1-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5944748)

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