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Earl of Leicester

December 17, 2023

This article is about the title of nobility. For the band, see The Earls of Leicester (band).

Earl of Leicester is a title that has been created seven times. The first title was granted during the 12th century in the Peerage of England. The current title is in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and was created in 1837.

Earldom of Leicester
Arms of Coke, Earls of Leicester: Per pale gules and azure, three eagles displayed argent[1]
Creation date12 August 1837
CreationSeventh
Created byQueen Victoria
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
First holderThomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh creation)
Present holderThomas Coke, 8th Earl of Leicester
Heir apparentEdward Coke, Viscount Coke
Remainder tothe 1st Earl’s heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titlesViscount Coke
StatusExtant
Seat(s)Holkham Hall
MottoPRUDENS QUI PATIENS
("He is prudent who is patient")
Robert Dudley, created Earl of Leicester in 1564.

Early creations edit

The title was first created for Robert de Beaumont (also spelt de Bellomont), but he nearly always used his French title of Count of Meulan. Three generations of his descendants, all also named Robert, called themselves Earls of Leicester. The Beaumont male line ended with the death of the 4th Earl. His property was split between his two sisters, with Simon IV de Montfort, the son of the eldest sister, acquiring Leicester and the rights to the earldom. (The husband of the younger daughter, Saer de Quincy, was created Earl of Winchester.) However, Simon IV de Montfort was never formally recognized as earl, due to the antipathy between France and England at that time. His second son, Simon V de Montfort, did succeed in taking possession of the earldom and its associated properties. He is the Simon de Montfort who became so prominent during the reign of Henry III. He was killed at the Battle of Evesham in 1265, and his lands and titles were forfeited.

In 1267 the title was created a second time and granted to the king's youngest son, Edmund Crouchback. In 1276 he also became Earl of Lancaster, and the titles became united. Crouchback's son Thomas lost the earldom when he was executed for treason in 1322, but a few years later, it was restored to his younger brother Henry. Henry's son Henry of Grosmont left only two daughters, and his estate was divided between them, the eldest daughter Matilda receiving the earldom, which was held by her husband William V of Holland. (The two passages of the earldom via females illustrate the medieval practice by which such inheritance was allowed in the absence of male heirs.) Matilda, however, soon died, and the title passed to John of Gaunt, husband of her younger sister, Blanche, who was later created Duke of Lancaster. Both the dukedom and the earldom were inherited by John of Gaunt's son, Henry Bolingbroke, and both titles ceased to exist when Henry usurped the throne, as the titles "merged into the crown". (The peers are vassals to the Sovereign, and no one can be a vassal to himself.) The properties associated with the earldom became part of what was later called the Duchy of Lancaster.

In 1564 the earldom was again created for Queen Elizabeth I's favourite, Robert Dudley. Since Dudley died without heirs, the title became extinct at his death. The title was again created in 1618 for Robert Sidney (Baron Sydney), his nephew. Prior to being granted the earldom, Robert Sidney was granted the subsidiary title of Viscount Lisle on 4 May 1605. The Sidneys retained the titles until the death of the seventh Earl in 1743, when the titles again became extinct. The title of earl was then recreated for Thomas Coke (pronounced "Cook"[2]), but it became extinct when he, too, died without heirs.

1784 creation edit

The title was again bestowed upon George Townshend, 17th Baron Ferrers of Chartley and 8th Baron Compton, eldest son and heir apparent of George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend, later the first Marquess Townshend. Townshend was a female-line great-great-great-grandson of Lady Lucy Sydney, daughter of the second Earl of the 1618 creation. The earldom became extinct yet again upon the death of his son, the third Marquess and second Earl, in 1855 (the marquessate was passed on to a cousin and is extant).

1744 and 1837 creations edit

The Coke family is descended from the noted judge and politician Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice from 1613 to 1616. Through his son Henry Coke, his great-great-great-grandson Thomas Coke was a landowner, politician and patron of arts. In 1728 he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Lovel, of Minster Lovel in the County of Oxford, and in 1744 he was created Viscount Coke, of Holkham in the County of Norfolk, and Earl of Leicester, also in the Peerage of Great Britain. Lord Leicester began the construction of Holkham Hall in Norfolk. He married Lady Margaret Tufton, 19th Baroness de Clifford (1700—1775) (see the Baron de Clifford for earlier history of this title). Their only child Edward Coke, Viscount Coke, predeceased both his parents, without issue. Consequently, Lord Leicester's titles became extinct on his death in 1759 while the barony of de Clifford fell into abeyance on Lady de Clifford's death in 1775.

The Coke estates were passed on to the late Earl's nephew Wenman Coke. Born Wenman Roberts, he was the son of Philip Roberts and Anne, sister of Lord Leicester, and assumed the surname of Coke in lieu of Roberts. His son Thomas Coke was a politician and noted agriculturalist. Known as "Coke of Norfolk", he sat as a Member of Parliament for many years but is best remembered for his interest in agricultural improvements and is seen as one of the instigators of the British Agricultural Revolution. In 1837 the titles held by his great-uncle were revived when Coke was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Viscount Coke and Earl of Leicester, of Holkham in the County of Norfolk. This was despite the fact that the 1784 creation of the earldom held by the Townshend family was then still extant (then "usurped" by John Dunn-Gardner), hence the territorial designation "of Holkham". Lord Leicester was succeeded by his eldest son from his second marriage, the second Earl. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk for sixty years and was made a Knight of the Garter in 1873.

On his death in 1909 the titles passed to his eldest son, the third Earl. He was a colonel in the 2nd Battalion of the Scots Guards and also served as Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the fourth Earl in 1944. He was also Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk. His younger son, David Arthur Coke was a friend of the author Roald Dahl but was killed in action during the second world war in December 1941. When he (fourth Earl) died the titles passed to his eldest son, the fifth Earl, in 1949. He was an Extra Equerry to both George VI and Elizabeth II. He died without male issue and was succeeded by his first cousin, the sixth Earl in 1976. He was the son of the Hon. Arthur George Coke, second son of the third Earl. Upon his death in 1994, his son became the 7th Earl of Leicester. As of 2015 the titles are held by his son Thomas Edward Coke, the eighth Earl, who succeeded in that year.

The family seat is Holkham Hall, near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. The traditional burial place of the Coke family is a plot situated on the south side of the churchyard of the Holkham parish church of St Withburga. A family mausoleum was built in the same churchyard in the 1870s,[3] but was later abandoned. Many members of the Coke family during the post-medieval period were also buried in St. Mary's Church, Tittleshall.

List of Earls of Leicester edit

First creation (1107) edit

 
Arms of Beaumont, Earls of Leicester (1st Creation): Gules, a Cinquefoil Ermine, which were adopted by the town of Leicester[4]

Second creation (1267) edit

Third creation (1564) edit

Fourth creation (1618) edit

 
Arms of Sidney Earls of Leicester (4th Creation): Or, a Pheon Azure.

Fifth creation (1744) edit

Sixth creation (1784) edit

Seventh creation (1837) edit

 
Holkham Hall

The heir apparent is the 8th Earl's son, Edward Horatio Coke, Viscount Coke (b. 2003).

See also edit

References edit

Citations
  1. ^ Crest: On a Chapeau Azure, turned up Ermine, an Ostrich Argent, holding in the beak a Horseshoe Or. Supporters: Dexter: an Ostrich Argent, gorged with a Ducal Coronet per pale Gules and Azure, line reflexed over the back Argent. Sinister: an Ostrich Argent, gorged with a Ducal Coronet per pale Azure and Gules, line reflexed over the back Argent.
  2. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1967, p.669
  3. ^ Coke Mausoleum, Holkham
  4. ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1904). The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 195. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
Sources
  • Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 550.
  • Levi Fox, "The Honor and Earldom of Leicester: Origin and Descent, 1066-1399", English Historical Review, 54 (1939), 385-402
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • [self-published source][better source needed]

External links edit

  • with some family references

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Earl s heirs male of the body lawfully begottenSubsidiary titlesViscount CokeStatusExtantSeat s Holkham HallMottoPRUDENS QUI PATIENS He is prudent who is patient Robert Dudley created Earl of Leicester in 1564 Contents 1 Early creations 2 1784 creation 3 1744 and 1837 creations 4 List of Earls of Leicester 4 1 First creation 1107 4 2 Second creation 1267 4 3 Third creation 1564 4 4 Fourth creation 1618 4 5 Fifth creation 1744 4 6 Sixth creation 1784 4 7 Seventh creation 1837 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksEarly creations editThe title was first created for Robert de Beaumont also spelt de Bellomont but he nearly always used his French title of Count of Meulan Three generations of his descendants all also named Robert called themselves Earls of Leicester The Beaumont male line ended with the death of the 4th Earl His property was split between his two sisters with Simon IV de Montfort the son of the eldest sister acquiring Leicester and the rights to the earldom The husband of the younger daughter Saer de Quincy was created Earl of Winchester However Simon IV de Montfort was never formally recognized as earl due to the antipathy between France and England at that time His second son Simon V de Montfort did succeed in taking possession of the earldom and its associated properties He is the Simon de Montfort who became so prominent during the reign of Henry III He was killed at the Battle of Evesham in 1265 and his lands and titles were forfeited In 1267 the title was created a second time and granted to the king s youngest son Edmund Crouchback In 1276 he also became Earl of Lancaster and the titles became united Crouchback s son Thomas lost the earldom when he was executed for treason in 1322 but a few years later it was restored to his younger brother Henry Henry s son Henry of Grosmont left only two daughters and his estate was divided between them the eldest daughter Matilda receiving the earldom which was held by her husband William V of Holland The two passages of the earldom via females illustrate the medieval practice by which such inheritance was allowed in the absence of male heirs Matilda however soon died and the title passed to John of Gaunt husband of her younger sister Blanche who was later created Duke of Lancaster Both the dukedom and the earldom were inherited by John of Gaunt s son Henry Bolingbroke and both titles ceased to exist when Henry usurped the throne as the titles merged into the crown The peers are vassals to the Sovereign and no one can be a vassal to himself The properties associated with the earldom became part of what was later called the Duchy of Lancaster In 1564 the earldom was again created for Queen Elizabeth I s favourite Robert Dudley Since Dudley died without heirs the title became extinct at his death The title was again created in 1618 for Robert Sidney Baron Sydney his nephew Prior to being granted the earldom Robert Sidney was granted the subsidiary title of Viscount Lisle on 4 May 1605 The Sidneys retained the titles until the death of the seventh Earl in 1743 when the titles again became extinct The title of earl was then recreated for Thomas Coke pronounced Cook 2 but it became extinct when he too died without heirs 1784 creation editThe title was again bestowed upon George Townshend 17th Baron Ferrers of Chartley and 8th Baron Compton eldest son and heir apparent of George Townshend 4th Viscount Townshend later the first Marquess Townshend Townshend was a female line great great great grandson of Lady Lucy Sydney daughter of the second Earl of the 1618 creation The earldom became extinct yet again upon the death of his son the third Marquess and second Earl in 1855 the marquessate was passed on to a cousin and is extant 1744 and 1837 creations editThe Coke family is descended from the noted judge and politician Sir Edward Coke Lord Chief Justice from 1613 to 1616 Through his son Henry Coke his great great great grandson Thomas Coke was a landowner politician and patron of arts In 1728 he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Lovel of Minster Lovel in the County of Oxford and in 1744 he was created Viscount Coke of Holkham in the County of Norfolk and Earl of Leicester also in the Peerage of Great Britain Lord Leicester began the construction of Holkham Hall in Norfolk He married Lady Margaret Tufton 19th Baroness de Clifford 1700 1775 see the Baron de Clifford for earlier history of this title Their only child Edward Coke Viscount Coke predeceased both his parents without issue Consequently Lord Leicester s titles became extinct on his death in 1759 while the barony of de Clifford fell into abeyance on Lady de Clifford s death in 1775 The Coke estates were passed on to the late Earl s nephew Wenman Coke Born Wenman Roberts he was the son of Philip Roberts and Anne sister of Lord Leicester and assumed the surname of Coke in lieu of Roberts His son Thomas Coke was a politician and noted agriculturalist Known as Coke of Norfolk he sat as a Member of Parliament for many years but is best remembered for his interest in agricultural improvements and is seen as one of the instigators of the British Agricultural Revolution In 1837 the titles held by his great uncle were revived when Coke was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Viscount Coke and Earl of Leicester of Holkham in the County of Norfolk This was despite the fact that the 1784 creation of the earldom held by the Townshend family was then still extant then usurped by John Dunn Gardner hence the territorial designation of Holkham Lord Leicester was succeeded by his eldest son from his second marriage the second Earl He served as Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk for sixty years and was made a Knight of the Garter in 1873 On his death in 1909 the titles passed to his eldest son the third Earl He was a colonel in the 2nd Battalion of the Scots Guards and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk He was succeeded by his eldest son the fourth Earl in 1944 He was also Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk His younger son David Arthur Coke was a friend of the author Roald Dahl but was killed in action during the second world war in December 1941 When he fourth Earl died the titles passed to his eldest son the fifth Earl in 1949 He was an Extra Equerry to both George VI and Elizabeth II He died without male issue and was succeeded by his first cousin the sixth Earl in 1976 He was the son of the Hon Arthur George Coke second son of the third Earl Upon his death in 1994 his son became the 7th Earl of Leicester As of 2015 update the titles are held by his son Thomas Edward Coke the eighth Earl who succeeded in that year The family seat is Holkham Hall near Wells next the Sea Norfolk The traditional burial place of the Coke family is a plot situated on the south side of the churchyard of the Holkham parish church of St Withburga A family mausoleum was built in the same churchyard in the 1870s 3 but was later abandoned Many members of the Coke family during the post medieval period were also buried in St Mary s Church Tittleshall List of Earls of Leicester editvteFamily tree of theDukes of Beaufort Dorset Lancaster and Somerset Marquesses of Dorset Hertford Somerset and Worcester andEarls of Dorset Hertford Lancaster Leicester Middlesex Somerset and WorcesterEarl of Dorset possible 1st creation 1070Saint Osmund d 1099 Bishop of Salisbury and possible Earl of DorsetRoger de Beaumont c 1015 1094 Earl of Dorset 1st creation discontinued 1099Earl of Leicester 1st creation 1107King Henry I c 1068 1135 King Stephen 1092 1096 1154 Robert de Beaumont c 1040 1050 1118 1st Earl of LeicesterHenry de Beaumont d 1119 1st Earl of WarwickEarl of Worcester 1st creation 1138Robert FitzRoy c 1090 1147 1st Earl of GloucesterMatilda d bef 1141 Waleran de Beaumont 1104 1166 Earl of WorcesterRobert de Beaumont 1104 1168 2nd Earl of LeicesterHugh de Beaumont b 1106 1st Earl of BedfordEarldom of Worcester 1st creation extinct 1166William FitzRobert 1116 1183 2nd Earl of GloucesterHawise de BeaumontRobert de Beaumont d 1190 3rd Earl of LeicesterRobert de Beaumont d 1204 4th Earl of LeicesterAmiceCountess of RochefortKing John 1166 1216 Isabella 1173 1174 1217 Countess of GloucesterSimon de Montfort c 1175 1218 5th Earl of LeicesterKing Henry III 1207 1272 Eleanor of EnglandSimon de Montfort c 1208 1265 6th Earl of LeicesterEarldom of Leicester 1st creation forfeited 1265Earl of Leicester 2nd creation 1267Earl of Lancaster 1276King Edward I 1239 1307 Edmund Crouchback 1245 1296 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl of LancasterEarldom of Leicester 1st creation restored 1324Earldom of Lancaster restored 1327King Edward II 1284 1327 Thomas of Lancaster 1278 1322 2nd Earl of Leicester 2nd Earl of LancasterHenry of Lancaster 1281 1345 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl of LancasterEarldom of Leicester 1st creation forfeited 1322Earldom of Lancaster forfeited 1322Duke of Lancaster 1351King Edward III 1312 1377 Henry of Grosmont c 1310 1361 4th Earl of Leicester Duke of LancasterJoan of Lancaster c 1312 1349 John II de Mowbray 1310 1361 3rd Baron MowbrayEleanor of Lancaster 1318 1372 Mary of Lancaster c 1320 1362 Earl of Worcester 2nd creation 1397John of Gaunt 1340 1399 6th Earl of Leicester jure uxoris Duke of LancasterBlanche of Lancaster 1342 1368 Maud of Lancaster 1340 1362 a k a Matilda Countess of HainaultWilliam 1330 1389 Duke of BavariaCount of Holland 5th Earl of Leicester jure uxoris Richard Fitzalan 1346 1397 Earl of ArundelThomas Percy 1343 1403 Earl of WorcesterEarldom of Worcester 2nd creation extinct 1403Roger La Warr 1326 1370 Eleanor MowbrayEarl of Somerset 1st creation 1397Marquess of Somerset and Marquess of Dorset 1st creation 1397Earl of Dorset 2nd creation 1411Henry Bolingbroke 1367 1413 7th Earl of Leicester Duke of LancasterKing Henry IVJohn Beaufort c 1373 1410 Marquess of Somerset Marquess of Dorset 1st Earl of SomersetThomas Beaufort c 1377 1426 Duke of Exeter Earl of DorsetJoan Beaufort c 1379 1440 Joan La WarrThomas West 1365 1405 1st Baron WestJoan de Beauchamp 1375 1435 Earldom of Leicester 2nd creation and Dukedom of Lancaster merged into the Crown 1399Marquessate of Somerset and Marquessate of Dorset 1st creation revoked 1399Earldom of Dorset 2nd creation extinct 1426Duke of Lancaster 1399Earl of Worcester 3rd creation 1421Henry of Monmouth 1386 1422 Duke of LancasterKing Henry VReginald West 1395 1450 6th Baron De La Warr and 3rd Baron WestRichard Beauchamp 1394 c 1422 Earl of WorcesterDukedom of Lancaster merged into the Crown 1413Earldom of Worcester 2nd creation extinct 1422Duke of Somerset 1st creation 1443Earl of Dorset 3rd creation 1442Marquess of Dorset 2nd creation 1443Duke of Somerset 2nd creation 1448Henry Beaufort 1401 1418 2nd Earl of SomersetJohn Beaufort 1404 1444 3rd Earl of Somerset 1st Duke of SomersetEdmund Beaufort 1406 1455 2nd Duke of Somerset 1st Marquess of Dorset 4th Earl of Somerset Earl of DorsetRichard Neville 1400 1460 Earl of SalisburyRichard West 1430 1476 7th Baron De La Warr and 4th Baron WestEdward Neville d 1476 de facto 3rd de jure 1st Baron BergavennyElizabeth Beauchamp 1415 1448 Dukedom of Somerset 1st creation extinct 1444Claimed titles here are disputedEarl of Worcester 4th creation 1449Margaret Beaufort 1443 1509 Elizabeth Woodville c 1437 1492 Henry Beaufort 1436 1464 5th Earl of Dorset 2nd Marquess of Dorset 3rd Duke of SomersetEdmund Beaufort c 1438 1471 6th Earl of Dorset 3rd Marquess of Dorset 4th Duke of SomersetCecily Neville c 1425 1450 John Tiptoft 1427 1470 1st Earl of WorcesterEarldom of Dorset Marquessate of Dorset 2nd creation and Dukedom of Somerset 2nd creation attained 1461 but possibly restored disputed 1463Earldom of Dorset Marquessate of Dorset 2nd creation and Dukedom of Somerset 2nd creation extinct 1471Earldom of Worcester 4th creation attainted 1470Thomas West c 1457 1525 8th Baron De La Warr and 5th Baron WestMarquess of Dorset 3rd creation 1475Earl of Worcester 5th creation 1514Earl of Worcester 4th creation restored 1471Margery Wentworth c 1478 1550 King Henry VII 1457 1509 Elizabeth of York 1466 1503 Thomas Grey 1451 1501 1st Marquess of DorsetCharles Somerset c 1460 1526 1st Earl of WorcesterElizabeth Somerset c 1476 1507 suo jure 3rd Baroness HerbertEdward Tiptoft c 1469 1485 2nd Earl of WorcesterEleanor West b 1481 Edward Guildford c 1474 1534 Earldom of Worcester 4th creation extinct 1485Viscount Beauchamp of Hache 1st creation 1536Earl of Hertford 2nd creation 1537Duke of Somerset 4th creation 1547Duke of Somerset 3rd creation 1499Edward Seymour c 1500 1552 1st Duke of Somerset 1st Earl of Hertford 1st Viscount BeauchampJane Seymour c 1508 1537 King Henry VIII 1491 1547 Thomas Grey 1477 1530 2nd Marquess of DorsetHenry Somerset c 1495 1548 2nd Earl of Worcester 4th Baron HerbertJohn Dudley 1504 1553 Duke of NorthumberlandJane Guildford c 1508 1509 1555 Mary Tudor 1496 1533 Queen of FranceDuchess of SuffolkPrince Edmund 1499 1500 1st Duke of SomersetDukedom of Somerset 4th creation Earldom of Hertford 2nd creation and Viscountcy Beauchamp 1st creation forfeit 1552Dukedom of Somerset 3rd creation extinct 1500Duke of Richmond and Somerset 1525King Edward VI 1537 1553 Henry Fitzroy 1519 1536 1st Duke of Richmond and SomersetHenry Grey 1517 1554 Duke of Suffolk3rd Marquess of DorsetLady Frances Brandon 1517 1559 Duchess of SuffolkDukedom of Richmond and Somerset extinct 1536Marquessate of Dorset 3rd creation attainted and honours forfeit 1554Earl of Hertford 3rd creation reverted 1559Earl of Leicester 3rd creation 1564Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in the County of Sussex 1st creation 1567Earl of Dorset 4th creation 1604Edward Seymour c 1528 1593 Edward Seymour 1539 1621 1st Earl of HertfordKatherine Grey 1540 1568 William Somerset c 1526 1589 3rd Earl of Worcester 5th Baron HerbertJohn Dudley c 1527 1554 Earl of WarwickRobert Dudley 1532 1588 1st Earl of LeicesterMary Dudley d 1586 m Henry SidneyLord Guildford Dudley c 1535 1554 Lady Jane Grey 1537 1554 Disputed Queen of EnglandThomas Sackville 1536 1608 1st Earl of Dorset 1st Baron BuckhurstEarldom of Hertford 3rd creation forfeit 1552Earldom of Leicester 3rd creation extinct 1588Earl of Leicester 4th creation 1618Edward Seymour c 1563 1613 1st BaronetEdward Seymour 1561 1612 Viscount BeauchampEdward Somerset 1553 1628 4th Earl of Worcester 6th Baron HerbertPhilip Sidney 1554 1586 Mary Sidney 1561 1621 Robert Sidney 1563 1626 1st Earl of LeicesterRobert Sackville 1561 1609 2nd Earl of Dorset 2nd Baron BuckhurstMarquess of Hertford 1st creation 1641Duke of Somerset 4th creation restored 1660Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 1641Viscount Rochester 1611Earl of Somerset 3rd creation 1613Marquess of Worcester 1642Viscount Somerset of Cashel 1626Edward Seymour c 1580 1659 2nd BaronetWilliam Seymour 1588 1660 2nd Earl of Hertford 1st Marquess of Hertford 3rd Duke of SomersetFrancis Seymour c 1590 1664 1st Lord Seymour of TrowbridgeRobert Carr c 1587 1645 Earl of SomersetHenry Somerset 1577 1646 1st Marquess of Worcester 5th Earl of Worcester 7th Baron HerbertThomas Somerset 1579 1651 Viscount SomersetRobert Sidney 1595 1677 2nd Earl of LeicesterRichard Sackville 1589 1624 3rd Earl of Dorset 3rd Baron BuckhurstEdward Sackville 1591 1652 4th Earl of Dorset 4th Baron BuckhurstEarldom of Somerset 3rd creation and Viscountcy Rochester extinct 1645Viscountcy Somerset extinct 1651Edward Seymour 1610 1688 3rd BaronetHenry Seymour c 1626 1654 Lord BeauchampCharles Seymour c 1621 1665 2nd Lord Seymour of TrowbridgeEdward Somerset 1601 1667 2nd Marquess of Worcester 6th Earl of Worcester 8th Baron HerbertPhilip Sidney 1619 1698 3rd Earl of LeicesterAlgernon Sidney 1623 1683 Lady Lucy Sidney 1630 1685 Henry Sidney 1641 1704 Earl of RomneyRichard Sackville 1522 1677 5th Earl of Dorset 5th Baron BuckhurstDuke of Beaufort 1682Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in the County of Middlesex 1674Earl of Middlesex 2nd creation 1675Edward Seymour 1633 1708 4th BaronetWilliam Seymour 1650 1671 3rd Duke of Somerset 2nd Marquess of Hertford 3rd Earl of HertfordJohn Seymour c 1646 1675 4th Duke of Somerset 3rd Marquess of Hertford 4th Earl of HertfordFrancis Seymour 1658 1678 5th Duke of Somerset 3rd Lord Seymour of TrowbridgeCharles Seymour 1662 1748 6th Duke of SomersetHenry Somerset 1629 1700 1st Duke of Beaufort 3rd Marquess of Worcester 7th Earl of Worcester 9th Baron HerbertRobert Sidney 1649 1702 4th Earl of LeicesterThomas Pelham 1653 1712 Charles Sackville 1522 1677 6th Earl of Dorset 1st Earl of Middlesex 6th Baron Buckhurst 1st Baron CranfieldMarquessate of Hertford 1st creation extinct 1675Baron Conway of Ragley in the County of Warwick 1703Baron Conway of Killultagh in the County of Antrim 1712Duke of Dorset 1720Edward Seymour 1663 1740 5th BaronetFrancis Seymour Conway 1679 1732 1st Baron ConwayEdward Coke d 1707 Algernon Seymour 1684 1750 7th Duke of Somerset Earl of NorthumberlandCharles Somerset 1660 1698 styled Marquess of WorcesterPhilip Sidney 1676 1705 5th Earl of LeicesterJohn Sidney 1680 1737 6th Earl of LeicesterJocelyn Sidney 1682 1743 7th Earl of LeicesterElizabeth Pelham 1681 1711 Lionel Sackville 1688 1765 1st Duke of Dorset 7th Earl of Dorset 2nd Earl of Middlesex 7th Baron Buckhurst 2nd Baron CranfieldEarldom of Leicester 4th creation extinct 1743Baron Lovel of Minster Lovel in the County of Oxford 1728Earl of Leicester 5th creation and Viscount Coke of Holkham in the County of Norfolk 1744Edward Seymour 1695 1757 6th Baronet8th Duke of SomersetAnne CokeThomas Coke 1697 1759 Earl of Leicester Viscount CokeHenry Somerset 1684 1714 2nd Duke of Beaufort 4th Marquess of Worcester 8th Earl of Worcester 10th Baron HerbertCharles Townshend 1700 1764 3rd Viscount TownshendEarl of Hertford 4th creation and Viscount Beauchamp 2nd creation 1850Marquess of Hertford 2nd creation 1793Earldom of Leicester 5th creation extinct 1759Viscount Sackville and Baron Bolebrooke in the County of Sussex 1782Edward Seymour 1717 1792 9th Duke of SomersetWebb Seymour 1718 1793 10th Duke of SomersetFrancis Seymour 1726 1799 Francis Seymour Conway 1718 1794 1st Marquess of Hertford 1st Earl of Hertford 1st Viscount Beauchamp 2nd Baron ConwayWenman Roberts Coke c 1717 1776 Henry Somerset Scudamore 1707 1745 3rd Duke of Beaufort 5th Marquess of Worcester 9th Earl of Worcester 11th Baron HerbertCharles Noel Somerset 1709 1756 4th Duke of Beaufort 6th Marquess of Worcester 10th Earl of Worcester 12th Baron HerbertGeorge Townshend 1724 1807 1st Marquess TownshendCharles Sackville 1711 1769 2nd Duke of Dorset 8th Earl of Dorset 3rd Earl of Middlesex 8th Baron Buckhurst 3rd Baron CranfieldJohn Sackville 1713 1765 George Germain 1716 1785 1st Viscount Sackville 1st Baron BolebrookeEarl of Leicester 7th creation 1837Baron Botetourt abeyance terminated 1803Earl of Leicester 6th creation 1784Francis Compton Seymour d 1822 Francis Ingram Seymour Conway 1743 1822 2nd Marquess of Hertford 2nd Earl of Hertford 2nd Viscount Beauchamp 3rd Baron ConwayThomas William Coke 1754 1842 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Viscount CokeHenry Somerset 1744 1803 5th Duke of Beaufort 7th Marquess of Worcester 11th Earl of Worcester 13th Baron Herbert 5th Baron BotetourtGeorge Townshend 1753 1811 2nd Marquess Townshend 1st Earl of LeicesterJohn Frederick Sackville 1745 1799 3rd Duke of Dorset 9th Earl of Dorset 4th Earl of Middlesex 9th Baron Buckhurst 4th Baron CranfieldBaron Raglan 1852Edward Adolphus St Maur 1775 1855 11th Duke of SomersetFrancis Charles Seymour Conway 1777 1842 3rd Marquess of Hertford 3rd Earl of Hertford 3rd Viscount Beauchamp 4th Baron ConwayHenry Charles Somerset 1766 1835 6th Duke of Beaufort 8th Marquess of Worcester 12th Earl of Worcester 14th Baron Herbert 6th Baron BotetourtFitzRoy James Henry Somerset 1788 1855 1st Baron RaglanGeorge Townshend 1778 1855 3rd Marquess Townshend 2nd Earl of LeicesterGeorge John Frederick Sackville 1793 1815 4th Duke of Dorset 10th Earl of Dorset 5th Earl of Middlesex 10th Baron Buckhurst 5th Baron CranfieldJohn Frederick Sackville 1767 1843 5th Duke of Dorset 11th Earl of Dorset 6th Earl of Middlesex 2nd Viscount Sackville 11th Baron Buckhurst 6th Baron Cranfield 2nd Baron BolebrookeEarldom of Leicester 6th creation extinct 1855Dukedom of Dorset Earldoms of Dorset 4th creation and Middlesex 2nd creation Viscountcy of Sackville Baronies of Buckhurst 1st creation Cranfield and Bolebrooke extinct 1843Francis Edward Seymour 1788 1866 Richard Seymour Conway 1800 1870 4th Marquess of Hertford 4th Earl of Hertford 4th Viscount Beauchamp 5th Baron ConwayHenry Somerset 1792 1853 7th Duke of Beaufort 9th Marquess of Worcester 13th Earl of Worcester 15th Baron Herbert 8th Baron BotetourtEarl St Maur 1863Edward Adolphus St Maur 1804 1885 12th Duke of SomersetArchibald Henry Algernon St Maur 1810 1891 13th Duke of SomersetAlgernon Percy Banks St Maur 1813 1894 14th Duke of SomersetFrancis Payne Seymour 1815 1870 Francis George Hugh Seymour 1812 1884 5th Marquess of Hertford 5th Earl of Hertford 5th Viscount Beauchamp 6th Baron ConwayThomas William Coke 1822 1909 2nd Earl of Leicester 2nd Viscount CokeHenry Charles FitzRoy Somerset 1824 1899 8th Duke of Beaufort 10th Marquess of Worcester 14th Earl of Worcester 16th Baron Herbert 8th Baron BotetourtRichard Henry FitzRoy Somerset 1817 1884 2nd Baron RaglanEarldom St Maur extinct 1885Edward Adolphus Ferdinand St Maur 1835 1869 Algernon St Maur 1846 1923 15th Duke of SomersetEdward Hamilton Seymour 1860 1931 16th Duke of SomersetHugh de Grey Seymour 1843 1912 6th Marquess of Hertford 6th Earl of Hertford 6th Viscount Beauchamp 7th Baron ConwayThomas William Coke 1848 1941 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Viscount CokeHenry Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset 1847 1924 9th Duke of Beaufort 11th Marquess of Worcester 15th Earl of Worcester 17th Baron Herbert 9th Baron BotetourtHenry Richard Charles Somerset 1849 1932 George FitzRoy Henry Somerset 1857 1921 3rd Baron RaglanEvelyn Francis Edward Seymour 1882 1954 17th Duke of SomersetGeorge Francis Alexander Seymour 1871 1940 7th Marquess of Hertford 7th Earl of Hertford 7th Viscount Beauchamp 8th Baron ConwayHenry Charles Seymour 1878 1939 Thomas William Coke 1880 1949 4th Earl of Leicester 4th Viscount CokeArthur George Coke 1882 1915 Henry Charles Somers Augustus Somerset 1874 1945 FitzRoy Richard Somerset 1885 1964 4th Baron RaglanPercy Hamilton Seymour 1910 1984 18th Duke of SomersetThomas William Edward Coke 1908 1976 5th Earl of Leicester 5th Viscount CokeAnthony Louis Lovel Coke 1909 1994 6th Earl of Leicester 6th Viscount CokeHenry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset 1900 1984 10th Duke of Beaufort 12th Marquess of Worcester 16th Earl of Worcester 18th Baron Herbert 10th Baron BotetourtHenry Robert Somers FitzRoy de Vere Somerset 1898 1965 Barony Botetourt abeyant 1984Hugh Edward Conway Seymour 1930 1997 8th Marquess of Hertford 8th Earl of Hertford 8th Viscount Beauchamp 9th Baron ConwayEdward Douglas Coke 1936 2015 7th Earl of Leicester 7th Viscount CokeDavid Robert Somerset 1928 2017 11th Duke of Beaufort 13th Marquess of Worcester 17th Earl of WorcesterFitzRoy John Somerset 1927 2010 5th Baron RaglanGeoffrey Somerset b 1932 6th Baron RaglanJohn Michael Edward Seymour b 1952 19th Duke of SomersetHenry Harry Jocelyn Seymour b 1958 9th Marquess of Hertford 9th Earl of Hertford 9th Viscount Beauchamp 10th Baron ConwayThomas Edward Coke b 1965 8th Earl of Leicester 8th Viscount CokeHenry John FitzRoy Somerset b 1952 12th Duke of Beaufort 14th Marquess of Worcester 18th Earl of WorcesterArthur Geoffrey Somerset 1960 2012 Sebastian Edward Seymour b 1982 styled Lord SeymourWilliam Francis Seymour b 1993 styled Earl of YarmouthEdward Horatio Coke b 2003 styled Viscount CokeHenry Robert FitzRoy Somerset b 1989 styled Marquess of WorcesterInigo Arthur Fitzroy Somerset b 2004 Heir apparent to the Dukedom of SomersetHeir apparent to the Marquessage of HertfordHeir apparent to the Earldom of LeicesterHeir apparent to the Dukedom of BeaufortHeir apparent to the Raglan BaronyFirst creation 1107 edit nbsp Arms of Beaumont Earls of Leicester 1st Creation Gules a Cinquefoil Ermine which were adopted by the town of Leicester 4 Robert de Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester died 1118 Robert de Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester 1104 1168 Robert de Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester died 1190 Robert de Beaumont 4th Earl of Leicester died 1204 alias Robert FitzPernel Amice Countess of Leicester died 1215 Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester c 1170 1218 confirmed 1207 Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1208 1265 forfeit 1265 Second creation 1267 edit Edmund Crouchback 1st Earl of Leicester and Lancaster 1245 1296 Thomas 2nd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster c 1280 1322 forfeit 1322 Henry 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster c 1281 1345 restored as Earl of Leicester in 1324 and as Earl of Lancaster in 1327 Henry of Grosmont Duke of Lancaster 4th Earl of Leicester c 1310 1361 William V of Holland Earl of Leicester 1330 1389 1361 62 Earl of Leicester jure uxoris John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster Earl of Leicester 1340 1399 in 1362 at first Earl of Leicester jure uxoris Henry Bolingbroke Duke of Lancaster Earl of Leicester 1367 1413 became king in 1399 Third creation 1564 edit Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester 1532 1588 Fourth creation 1618 edit nbsp Arms of Sidney Earls of Leicester 4th Creation Or a Pheon Azure Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester 1563 1626 Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester 1595 1677 Philip Sidney 3rd Earl of Leicester 1619 1698 Robert Sidney 4th Earl of Leicester 1649 1702 Philip Sidney 5th Earl of Leicester 1676 1705 John Sidney 6th Earl of Leicester 1680 1737 Jocelyn Sidney 7th Earl of Leicester 1682 1743 Fifth creation 1744 edit Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester 1697 1759 Sixth creation 1784 edit George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend 1st Earl of Leicester 1753 1811 George Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend 2nd Earl of Leicester 1778 1855 Seventh creation 1837 edit nbsp Holkham HallThomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester 1754 1842 Thomas William Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester 1822 1909 Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester 1848 1941 Thomas William Coke 4th Earl of Leicester 1880 1949 Thomas William Edward Coke 5th Earl of Leicester 1908 1976 Anthony Louis Lovel Coke 6th Earl of Leicester 1909 1994 Edward Douglas Coke 7th Earl of Leicester 1936 2015 Thomas Edward Coke 8th Earl of Leicester b 1965 The heir apparent is the 8th Earl s son Edward Horatio Coke Viscount Coke b 2003 See also editMountsorrel a village close to Leicester and home to the Earl of Leicester in 1151 Earl of Romney Marquess Townshend Baron de Clifford Coke baronets a junior branch of the Coke familyReferences editCitations Crest On a Chapeau Azure turned up Ermine an Ostrich Argent holding in the beak a Horseshoe Or Supporters Dexter an Ostrich Argent gorged with a Ducal Coronet per pale Gules and Azure line reflexed over the back Argent Sinister an Ostrich Argent gorged with a Ducal Coronet per pale Azure and Gules line reflexed over the back Argent Debrett s Peerage 1967 p 669 Coke Mausoleum Holkham Fox Davies Arthur Charles 1904 The Art of Heraldry An Encyclopaedia of Armory T C amp E C Jack p 195 Retrieved 27 August 2017 SourcesHesilrige Arthur G M 1921 Debrett s Peerage and Titles of courtesy London UK Dean amp Son p 550 Levi Fox The Honor and Earldom of Leicester Origin and Descent 1066 1399 English Historical Review 54 1939 385 402 Kidd Charles Williamson David editors Debrett s Peerage and Baronetage 1990 edition New York St Martin s Press 1990 Leigh Rayment s Peerage Pages self published source better source needed External links editCoke family tree Brief History of Holkham House with some family references Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Earl of Leicester amp oldid 1189563098, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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