The Hon. Edward Keppel Wentworth Coke (20 August 1824 – 26 May 1889) was a British soldier and Whig politician.

Background

Coke was the second son of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, by his second wife Lady Anne Amelia, daughter of

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Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester (26 December 1822 – 24 January 1909), known as Viscount Coke from 1837 to 1842, was a British peerage, British peer. Background Leicester was the son of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh ...

was his elder brother and the Hon. Wenman Coke was his younger brother. The

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was created for Edward Coke in 1849.

Military and political career

Coke was a captain in the Scots Fusiliers. He was returned to

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for Norfolk West in 1847, a seat he held until 1852. He also served as

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in 1859. He stood as the Liberal Unionist candidate for

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Family

Coke married the Hon. Diana Agar-Ellis,thepeerage.com Hon. Diana Mary Blanche Georgiana Agar-Ellis
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, in 1851. He died in May 1889, aged 64. His wife survived him by just over a year and died in July 1890.

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* 1824 births 1889 deaths Younger sons of earls Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1847–1852 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies Royal Scots Fusiliers officers High sheriffs of Derbyshire Liberal Unionist Party parliamentary candidates {{UK-army-bio-stub