Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester
The Earl of Leicester | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| In office 19 June 1994 – 11 November 1999 as a hereditary peer | |
| Preceded by | The 6th Earl of Leicester |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edward Douglas Coke 6 May 1936 Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe) |
| Died | 25 April 2015 (aged 78) |
| Spouses | Valeria Phyllis Potter
(m. 1962; div. 1985)Sarah Forde (m. 1986) |
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Edward Douglas Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester (6 May 1936 – 25 April 2015), styled Viscount Coke between 1976 and 1994, was a British nobleman. The Earl was one of Norfolk's leading figures and played a key role in preserving and modernising the Holkham estate, Holkham Hall, over 40 years.