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See also:LEICESTER, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:COKE, See also:EARL OF (1754-1842) , See also:English agriculturist, known as Coke of See also:Norfolk, was the eldest son of Wenman See also:Roberts, who assumed the name of Coke in 1750. In 1759 Wenman Coke's maternal See also:uncle Thomas Coke, earl of Leicester, died leaving him his estates, subject, however, to the See also:life-See also:interest of his widow, See also:Margaret, Baroness de See also:Clifford in her own right. This See also:lady's See also:death in 1775 was followed by that of Wenman Coke in 1776, when the latter's son, Thomas William, See also:born on the 6th of May 1754, succeeded to his See also:father's estates at Holkham and elsewhere. From 1776 to 1784, from 1790 to 18o6, and again from 1807 to 1832 Coke was member of See also:parliament for Norfolk; he was a friend and supporter of See also:Charles See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Fox and a sturdy and aggressive Whig, acting upon the See also:maxim taught him by his father " never to See also:trust a Tory." Coke's See also:chief interests, however, were in the See also:country, and his fame is that of an agriculturist. His See also:land around Holkham in Norfolk was poor and neglected, but he introduced many improvements, obtained the best See also:expert See also:advice, and in a few years See also:wheat was grown upon his farms, and the breed of See also:cattle, See also:sheep and pigs greatly improved. It has been said that " his practice is really the basis of every See also:treatise on See also:modern See also:agriculture." Under his direction the rental of the Holkham See also:estate is said to have increased from £2200 to over £20,000 a See also:year. In 1837 Coke was created earl of Leicester of Holkham. Leicester, who was a strong and handsome See also:man and a See also:fine sportsman, died at See also:Longford See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall in See also:Derbyshire on
the 3oth of See also:June 1842. He was twice married, and Thomas William, his son by his second See also:marriage, succeeded to his earldom.
See A. M. W. See also:Stirling, Coke of Norfolk and his See also:Friends (1907).
End of Article: LEICESTER, THOMAS WILLIAM COKE, EARL OF (1754-1842)
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