Edward Douglas Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester, CBE, DL was born on 6 May1936. He is the son of Anthony Louis Lovel Coke, 6th Earl of Leicester and Moyra Joan Crossley. He married, firstly, Valerie Potter, daughter of Leonard A. Potter, on 28 April 1962. He and Valerie Potter were divorced in 1985. They had three children: Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are... The Deputy Lieutenant is the deputy to the Lord Lieutenant of a county. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Lady Laura-Jane Elizabeth Coke (b. 1968), married with Jonathan Paul in 1993.
Hon. Rupert Henry John Coke (b. 1975)
He married, secondly, Sarah Forde, daughter of Noel Henry Boys Forde, in 1986. July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...
The Earl has expended great effort in restoring Holkham Hall and was made CBE for his services to Heritage in 2005. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk the same year. Holkham Hall. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are... The Deputy Lieutenant is the deputy to the Lord Lieutenant of a county. ... Norfolk (pronounced IPA: ) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ...
Edward’s reign (1042-1066) is noted for its dominance by the powerful earls of Wessex—Godwin, and then his son, Harold (subsequently Harold II)—and for the first influx of Norman-French influence.
Edward I (ruled 1272-1307) restored royal control and made several reforms: he limited the barons’ right to hold their own courts of law; he curtailed the vassals’ right to dispose of land to the detriment of their feudal lords; and he gave English common law the direction it was to take for centuries to come.
Edward II was a weak king, partly influenced by favourites and partly dominated by the ordinances of 1311, which gave the barons the ruling power.
Montfort, Simon de, earl of Leicester, 1208?–1265, leader of the baronial revolt against Henry III of England.
The title Earl of Leicester (pronounced "Lester") was created in the 12th century in the Peerage of England (now extinct), and is currently a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1837.
Technically, Coke became the Earl of Leicester of Holkham, and the Marquess Townshend remained the Earl of Leicester.
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