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Thomas William Coke F/Mc Married Married Married Married Married Married Married Married Married: 1879 Alice Emily White F/Mc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas William Coke [CFT #14825] Born: 1880 Died: 1949-Aug-21 |
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| Kg 4th Earl Of Leicester 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.' |
1: 1906 Angela Mary Cokec 2: 1908 Thomas William Cokec W/C 3: 1909 Silvia Beatrice Cokec 4: 1915 David Arthur Cokec 5: 1920 Katharine Mary Cokec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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