Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf British aristocrat ⓘ
British politician ⓘ
art collector ⓘ
human ⓘ
manuscript collector ⓘ
architecturalPatronage construction of Holkham Hall ⓘ
associatedWith Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
birthDate 1697-05-17 ⓘ
birthPlace Holkham, Norfolk ⓘ
linked to: Holkham
burialPlace Holkham, Norfolk ⓘ
linked to: Holkham
collectionContains Italian Renaissance paintings ⓘ
classical antiquities ⓘ
rare manuscripts ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1759-04-20 ⓘ
deathPlace Holkham, Norfolk ⓘ
linked to: Holkham
educatedAt Inner Temple ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
employer British royal household ⓘ
familyName Coke ⓘ
father Edward Coke of Holkham ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
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 ⓘ
monarchServed George II of Great Britain ⓘ
mother Carey Newton ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Lovel ⓘ
Earl of Leicester ⓘ
notableWork art collection at Holkham Hall ⓘ
development of Holkham Hall ⓘ
manuscript collection including the Codex Leicester ⓘ
owned Codex Leicester ⓘ
parliamentaryBody House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
participatedIn Grand Tour in Europe ⓘ
linked to: Grand Tour
politicalAlignment Whig ⓘ
linked to: British Whig Party
positionHeld Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk ⓘ
Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Norfolk ⓘ
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household ⓘ
regionOfActivity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Norfolk ⓘ
residence Holkham Hall ⓘ
spouse Lady Margaret Tufton ⓘ
Margaret Tufton, 19th Baroness de Clifford ⓘ

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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 of Holkham ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester
Holkham Hall → patron → Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester
Codex Hammer → ownedBy → Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ