#14825, Thomas William COKE KG 4th Earl of Leicester
| Born | 1880 |
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| Died | 1949 |
| Father | THOMAS WILLIAM COKE KG 3rd Earl of Leicester (1848 - 1941) |
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| Mother | Alice Emily WHITE (1855 - 1936) |
Thomas entered the Scots Guards and was promoted to 2nd. Lt. on 21st. February 1900. He served in the 2nd. Boer War from November 1901 and was promoted Lt. in January 1902. He went on half-pay due to illness in April 1905 but returned and was promoted captain in March 1906. He resigned his commission when he became heir apparent in 1909. After a spell in the Norfolk Yeomanry he returned to the Scots Guards as a captain for the duration of the First World War.
He succeeded to Holkham in November 1941 but was in charge for only 8 years before his death. His time at Holkham was dominated by precarious finances and he considered passing Holkham to the National Trust. As one obituary observed, he had 'inherited at least as much anxiety as privilege.'
Timeline
Born
Married Marion Gertrude TREFUSIS
Birth of Daughter, Angela Mary COKE KG
Death of Daughter, Angela Mary COKE KG
Birth of Son, Thomas William COKE KG 5th Earl of Leicester
Birth of Daughter, Silvia Beatrice COKE KG
Birth of Son, David Arthur COKE KG
Birth of Daughter, Katharine Mary COKE KG
Death of Mother, Alice Emily WHITE
Death of Father, THOMAS WILLIAM COKE KG 3rd Earl of Leicester
Death of Son, David Arthur COKE KG
Died 1949