The Earl of Leicester
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Born
| Anthony Louis Lovel Coke
(
1909-09-11
)
11 September 1909
London, England
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Died
| 19 June 1994
(1994-06-19)
(aged 84)
South Africa
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Spouse(s)
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Moyra Joan Crossley
(
m.
1934;
div.
1947)
Vera Haigh
(
m.
1947; died 1984)
Elizabeth Hope Johnstone
(
m.
1985)
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Issue
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Father
| The Hon. Arthur Coke
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Mother
| Phyllis Hermione Drury
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Anthony Louis Lovel Coke, 6th Earl of Leicester
(11 September 1909 ? 19 June 1994), was a
British peer
.
Background
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Coke (pronounced
Cook
) was the son of the
Hon
Arthur George Coke and Phyllis Hermione, a daughter of Francis Saxham Elwes Drury (son of
The Rev.
Henry Drury,
Archdeacon of Wilts
, and the great-grandson of The Rev. Joseph Drury,
D.D.
, headmaster of Harrow School and teacher of
Lord Byron
).
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His father was the second son of
Thomas Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester
and was
killed in action
in 1915 during the
First World War
. Anthony Coke was educated at
Gresham's School
,
Holt
.
Career
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During the
Second World War
, Coke served in the
Royal Air Force
. In the late 1950s, he became a Land Development Officer (L.D.O.) in
Rhodesia
, attached to what was then known as the Native Affairs Department (later renamed the Internal Affairs Department). He and his wife, Vera, were based in the Mondoro Reserve near Hartley, where he was responsible for educating and assisting African farmers.
In 1976 he succeeded his first cousin
Thomas
as 6th
Earl of Leicester
, inheriting a substantial estate based on
Holkham Hall
in Norfolk, but remained living in South Africa, as his eldest son had already taken over the management of the estate.
Marriages and children
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Leicester was married firstly on 11 September 1934 to Moyra Joan Crossley, daughter of Douglas Crossley. They had two sons and one daughter together:
They were divorced in 1947 in which year Leicester married Vera Haigh in
Southern Rhodesia
. She died in 1984 and Leicester married thirdly in 1985, Elizabeth Hope Johnstone, daughter of Clifford Arthur Johnstone, of
Addo
,
Eastern Province
,
South Africa
.
Leicester died on 12 August 1994 at age 84 in South Africa. He was succeeded in the earldom and other titles by his son
Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester
.
References
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Further reading
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- Who's Who 1993
(A. & C. Black, London, 1993)
External links
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