Wenman Coke (died 1776)
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Wenman Coke, known as Wenman Roberts until 1750, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1753 and 1776.
Wenman Coke
Holkham Hall, Norfolk
Cary Coke
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Cary Coke was a book collector and patron of the English theatre. A daughter of Sir John Newton MP, of Barrs Court, she was the mother of Thomas Coke, first Earl of Leicester.
Wenman Coke (died 1776)
…Born Wenman Roberts, he was the son of Major Philip Roberts (a grandson of Sir Francis Wenman, 1st Baronet) and Anne Coke, daughter of Edward Coke and Carey Newton. He assumed the surname of Coke (pronounced "Cook") in lieu of his patronymic in 1750. In 1759 he succeeded to the substantial estates of his uncle…
portrait by Michael Dahl
Coke's bookplate from a book in the Bodleian Libraries