Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester

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British aristocrat British politician art collector human manuscript collector

Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, was an 18th-century British aristocrat, politician, and prominent art and manuscript collector whose name is associated with Leonardo da Vinci’s famed Codex Leicester.

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Surface form Occurrences
Thomas Coke of Holkham 1
Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British aristocrat ⓘ
British politician ⓘ
art collector ⓘ
human ⓘ
manuscript collector ⓘ
architecturalPatronage construction of Holkham Hall ⓘ
associatedWith Leonardo da Vinci NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1697-05-17 ⓘ
birthPlace Holkham, Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Holkham, Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectionContains Italian Renaissance paintings ⓘ
classical antiquities ⓘ
rare manuscripts ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1759-04-20 ⓘ
deathPlace Holkham, Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt Inner Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
employer British royal household NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Coke NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Edward Coke of Holkham NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ
inceptionOfTitle 1744 (creation of the Earldom of Leicester for Thomas Coke) ⓘ
knownFor Grand Tour collecting activities ⓘ
ownership of Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester ⓘ
patronage of the arts ⓘ
memberOfNobleFamily Coke family NERFINISHED ⓘ
monarchServed George II of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Carey Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Lovel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Earl of Leicester NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork art collection at Holkham Hall ⓘ
development of Holkham Hall ⓘ
manuscript collection including the Codex Leicester ⓘ
owned Codex Leicester NERFINISHED ⓘ
parliamentaryBody House of Commons of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn Grand Tour in Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment Whig NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lord of the Bedchamber NERFINISHED ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Norfolk ⓘ
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfActivity London NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Holkham Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Lady Margaret Tufton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Margaret Tufton, 19th Baroness de Clifford NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Codex Leicester → namedAfter → Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Norfolk four-course rotation → associatedWithPerson → Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Coke of Holkham
Holkham Hall → patron → Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham