Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester#Sir Jack Coke

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Leicester was the son of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, by his second wife Lady Anne Amelia Keppel. He succeeded to the earldom and Holkham Hall on his father's death in 1842.

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.{{cite DNB12|wstitle=Coke, Thomas William |first=Ernest |last=Clarke}}

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:

• Lady Julia Coke (1844–1931) she married Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt on 26 April 1864. They have five children. Through their eldest son Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt they are the maternal great-great-grandparents of Sarah, Duchess of York whose daughter Princess Eugenie of York is wife of Jack Brooksbank.
• Lady Anne Coke (1845 – 23 January 1876), she married Maj.-Gen. Edmund Manningham-Buller (son of Sir Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Baronet) on 16 January 1874. They have two children.
• Lady Gertrude Coke (1847 – 28 November 1943), she married Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore on 5 April 1866. They have six children.
• Thomas William Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester (20 July 1848 – 19 November 1941) he married The Honorable Alice White on 26 August 1879. They have five children. Their eldest daughter Alexandra is the mother of Angus Ogilvy, husband of Princess Alexandra.
• Lady Mary Coke (1849 – 28 December 1929), she married William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth on 18 December 1879. They have five children.
• Lady Winifred Coke (1851 – 22 March 1940), she married Robert Clements, 4th Earl of Leitrim on 2 September 1873. They have eight children.
• Lady Margaret Coke (24 April 1852 – 2 August 1922), she married Henry Strutt, 2nd Baron Belper on 2 May 1874. They have eight children.
• Lady Mildred Coke (1854 – 12 May 1941), she married Thomas Anson, 3rd Earl of Lichfield on 5 November 1878. They have six children.
• Lt.-Col. Wenman Coke (20 November 1855 – 30 May 1931), died unmarried.

Lord Leicester married secondly, Hon. Georgina Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham, on 26 August 1875. They had six children:

• Major Hon. Richard Coke (20 August 1876 – 14 June 1964), he married Hon. Doreen O'Brien (niece of The Honorable Alice White though her eldest sister) on 21 December 1907 and they were divorced in 1927. They have five children. He remarried Elizabeth Vera Catherine Alice de Beaumont (maternal grandfather Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan) on 19 July 1932. They have three children.
• Lady Mabel Coke ( 1878 – 29 January 1967), she married James Luddington on 8 August 1929.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Edward Coke (17 October 1879 – 4 September 1944), died unmarried.

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• Major Hon. Sir John (Jack) Spencer Coke (30 September 1880 – 23 December 1957), he married Hon. Dorothy Lawson (daughter of Harry Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham) on 15 January 1907. They had three children; Celia, Gerald and Rosemary - later Baroness Hamilton of Dalzell.{{cite book |last1=Kidd |first1=C. |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 1990 |year=1990 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q5ghAAAAYAAJ&q=Rosemary++Olive++Baroness++Hamilton+of+Dalzell++Brooksbank |publisher=Debrett's Peerage 1990 |isbn=9780333388471 |access-date=3 August 2016 |quote=Rosemary Olive (Baroness Hamilton of Dalzell), b 1910: m 1935, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell. Residence – Garden Cottage, Snowdenham House, Bramley, Guildford.— Celia Dorothy, b 1919: m 1942, Stamp Godfrey Brooksbank, Capt ...}} On 27 November 1951 it was reported that, as her Equerry, Sir Jack had accompanied Queen Mary on a visit to the annual exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters at the Royal Institute Galleries. He was appointed Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order in 1953 and was Gentleman Usher to King George VI and Extra Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth II.{{cite web |last1=Burgess |first1=K. |title=Princess Eugenie to marry in autumn |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/princess-eugenie-to-marry-in-autumn-nzb69f72j |work=The Times | date = 22 January 2018 |access-date=11 October 2018 |quote=He is a descendant of the Brooksbank baronets and his ancestors include Stamp Brooksbank, a governor of the Bank of England in the 18th century, Thomas Coke, the second Earl of Leicester, and Sir John (Jack) Spencer Coke, who was gentleman usher to King George VI.}}{{cite web |last1=Black |first1=A and C |title=Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who |year=1961 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wg7YAAAAMAAJ&q=gentleman+usher+george+VI+Sir+John+Coke |publisher=A. & C. Black, 1961 |access-date=11 October 2018 |quote=COKE, Major Hon. Sir John (Spencer), K.C.V.O., or. 1953 (C.V.O. 1946); Scots Guards, retired; Extra Gentleman Usher to the Queen since 1952 (Gentleman Usher in Ordinary, ...}}{{cite web |title=COURT AND PERSONAL Marlborough House, Monday. Queen Mary, attended by Lady Cecily Vesey and Major the Hon. John Coke... |url=https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=king%20hon%20john%20%20coke%20%20hall%20%20barn |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter | location=Antrim, Northern Ireland | date=27 November 1951 |access-date=24 June 2016 |quote=(The Queen), attended by Lady Cecily Vesey and Major the Hon. John Coke, this afternoon visited the annual exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters at the Royal Institute Galleries, 195, Piccadilly. The King has approved that the honour of knighthood (be) bestowed (upon the Major...)}} The Hon. Sir Jack and the Hon. Dorothy Coke are the parents of Celia Brooksbank née Coke (died 1996) who is the grandmother of Jack Brooksbank (husband to Princess Eugenie). In 2018, photos were published which revealed that Sir Jack Coke's daughter - Celia Brooksbank - had been a guest at Hall Barn Estate, the family seat where her great grandfather, Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham had enjoyed many shooting parties with King Edward VII.{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=K. |title=Princess Eugenie's fiancé Jack is NOT a commoner - unseen photos REVEALED ahead of wedding |date=7 October 2018 |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1028134/princess-eugenie-wedding-jack-brooksbank-commoner-the-queen-royal-family-pictures |publisher=UK Daily Express |access-date=12 October 2018}}{{Cite news |last=Malvern |first=Jack |title=Jack Brooksbank: the former waiter marrying Princess Eugenie |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/jack-brooksbank-former-waiter-marrying-into-the-royal-family-62g32dqqs |work=The Times |access-date=23 January 2018 |date=22 January 2018}}
• Captain Hon. Reginald Coke (10 November 1883 – 30 April 1969), he married Katharine Ryder (granddaughter of Henry Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby) on 17 July 1924. They have two daughters.
• Hon. Henry Coke ( 1888 – 1892).
• Commander Hon. Lovel William Coke (19 August 1893 – 16 March 1966), died unmarried. Lovel Coke and his eldest sibling Julia Wingfield, Viscountess Powerscourt had a 49-year age difference.

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|3= 3. Lady Anne Amelia Keppel

|4= 4. Wenman Coke (born Roberts)

|5= 5. Elizabeth Chamberlayne

|6= 6. William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle

|7= 7. Hon. Elizabeth Southwell

|8= 8. Major Philip Roberts

|9= 9. Anne Coke

|10= 10. George Chamberlayne

|11= 11. Constance Hardy

|12= 12. George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle

|13= 13. Anne Miller

|14= 14. Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford

|15= 15. Sophia Campbell

|16= 16. Gabriel Roberts

|17= 17. Mary Wenman

|18= 18. Edward Coke

|19= 19. Carey Newton

|20= 20. George Chamberlayne of Wardington Manor

|21= 21. Elizabeth Denton

|22= 22. Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy

|23= 23. Constance Hook

|24= 24. Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle

|25= 25. Lady Anne Lennox

|26= 26. Sir John Miller, 4th Baronet

|27= 27. Susan Combe

|28= 28. Edward Southwell Jr.

|29= 29. Hon. Katherine Watson

|30= 30. Samuel Campbell of Mount Campbell

|31= 31. Mary Upton

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• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{Page needed |date=February 2013}}
• {{Rayment|date=February 2012}}
• {{cite web |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/info.htm |title=FAQ |publisher= The Peerage}}{{Unreliable source?|failed=y |date=September 2012}}
• [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37197/37197.html CricketArchive: Earl of Leicester]

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