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 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 estate ⓘ
linked to: Holkham Hall
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, Norfolk ⓘ
linked to: Holkham
socialClass British nobility ⓘ
titleHeld 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Baron Lovel ⓘ

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

Coke family → hasNotableMember → Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation) ⓘ
Coke family → hasNotableMember → Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (second creation) ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)
Earl of Leicester → hasTitleHolder → Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation) ⓘ
Earl of Leicester family → hasNotableMember → Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (of Holkham) ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)
Earl of Leicester of Holkham → hasTitleHolder → Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (of Holkham) ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)
Earl of Leicester of Holkham → firstHolder → Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (of Holkham) ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)
Earldom of Leicester → notableHolder → Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (Coke creation) ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)