Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)

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Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (of the fifth creation) was an 18th-century British aristocrat, politician, and major landowner best known for developing the Holkham Hall estate and promoting agricultural improvement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British aristocrat
Earl in the Peerage of Great Britain
Member of Parliament of Great Britain
agricultural improver
human
landowner
aristocraticFamily Coke family of Holkham
associatedPlace Holkham
Norfolk
associatedWith Holkham Hall
agricultural reformers in 18th-century Britain
centuryOfActivity 18th century
early 19th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
familyName Coke
fieldOfWork agriculture
estate management
politics
givenName Thomas
knownFor developing the Holkham Hall estate
promoting agricultural improvement in Britain
role in the British Agricultural Revolution
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Agricultural Revolution in Britain
surface form: British Agricultural Revolution
nobleTitle Earl of Leicester
nobleTitleCreation fifth creation
notableAchievement hosting agricultural demonstrations at Holkham
improvement of livestock breeding
introduction of improved crop rotations
promotion of agricultural improvement
notableEstate Holkham Hall
Holkham Hall
surface form: Holkham estate
notableEvent agricultural meetings at Holkham
notableWork development of Holkham Hall estate
positionHeld Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk
Member of Parliament for Norfolk
regionOfActivity England
Norfolk
residence Holkham Hall
Holkham
surface form: Holkham, Norfolk
socialClass British nobility
titleHeld 1st Earl of Leicester
Baron Lovel

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Coke family hasNotableMember Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)
Coke family hasNotableMember Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)
this entity surface form: Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (second creation)
Earl of Leicester hasTitleHolder Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)