Edward Coke, Viscount Coke

Edward Coke, Viscount Coke (2 February 1719 – 31 August 1753), styled The Hon. Edward Coke from 1728 to 1744, was a British Member of Parliament. He represented Norfolk in Parliament from 1741 to 1747 and Harwich from 1747 to his death.

He was the only child of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, and his wife Margaret Coke, 19th Baroness de Clifford. The family estate was at Holkham Hall, Norfolk.

He was married on 1 April 1747 to Lady Mary Campbell (6 February 1727 – 30 September 1811), the fifth and youngest daughter of the soldier and politician John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680–1743), and his second wife, Jane (c.1683–1767), a maid of honour to Queen Anne and Caroline, Princess of Wales. Their courtship had been strained, and in retaliation Edward left her alone on their wedding night and from then on virtually imprisoned her. She reacted by refusing him his marital rights. She never used the title Viscountess.

Their families went to litigation, and eventually produced a settlement in 1750 whereby Lady Mary could live with her mother at Sudbrook but had to remain married to Edward until his death, which came in 1753, when Mary was 26. They had no children.

Ancestors of Edward Coke, Viscount Coke

16. Richard Coke (grandson of Sir Edward Coke)               8. Robert Coke                       17. Mary Rous               4. Edward Coke                             18. Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds               9. Anne Osborne                       19. Bridget Bertie               2. Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester                                   20. Sir John Newton, 2nd Baronet               10. Sir John Newton, 3rd Baronet                       21. Mary Eyre               5. Carey Newton                             22. William Heveningham               11. Abigail Heveningham                       23. Mary Carey               1. Edward Coke, Viscount Coke                                         24. Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet               12. John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet                       25. Frances Cecil               6. Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet                             26. Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset               13. Margaret Sackville                       27. Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford               3. Margaret Coke, 19th Baroness de Clifford                                   28. William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne               14. Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne                       29. Elizabeth Basset               7. Catherine Cavendish                             30. William Pierrepont               15. Frances Pierrepoint                       31. Elizabeth Harries

References

• http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1369.htm
• http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ncommons2.htm
• http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Hcommons1.htm
• http://genealogics.org/pedigree.php?personID=I00118587&tree=LEO
• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/coke-hon-edward-1719-53