Background
Leicester was the eldest son of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, by his first wife Juliana (née Whitbread).
Leicester was the eldest son of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, by his first wife Juliana (née Whitbread).
He was a Colonel in the 2nd Battalion of the Scots Guards and served in Egypt in 1882, at Suakin in 1885 and in the Second Boer War. He also held the honorary post of Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk from 1906 to 1929. Lord Leicester married the Honorary
Alice Emily White, daughter of Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly, on 26 August 1879.
They had five children:
Lady Alexandra Marie Bridget Coke daughter 1984, married David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie
Thomas William Coke, 4th Earl of Leicester born 9 July 1880, died 21 August 1949
Honorary
Arthur George Coke, born 6 April 1882, killed in action 21 May 1915, father of Anthony Coke, 6th Earl of Leicester
Lady Marjory Alice Coke, born 1884, died 24 December 1946
Honorary Roger Coke, born 28 December 1886, died 14 October 1960
Lady Leicester died in 1936.
Lord Leicester survived her by five years and died in November 1941, aged 93.
