Edward Coke (1758-1837)

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Edward Coke (1758 – 1837), born Edward Roberts, was a British politician and landowner.

Edward was the second son of Wenman Coke and younger brother of Thomas Coke, the celebrated "Coke of Norfolk" and later Earl of Leicester.

He married Grace Colhoun in 1792, and they had three children:

• Thomas William Coke (b. 1793)
• Edward Ralph Coke (b. 1795)
• Eliza Grace Coke (b. 1797), married Henry Venables-Vernon, son of the 3rd Baron Vernon

His principal interests were in Derbyshire, where he lived at Longford Hall, and he was Member of Parliament for Derby from 1780 until 1817, with a brief interruption in 1807 to substitute for his brother in Norfolk.

Parliament of Great Britain
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Preceded by Lord Frederick Cavendish Daniel Parker Coke	Member of Parliament for Derby with Lord George Cavendish 1780–1797 George Walpole 1797–1806 William Cavendish 1806–1807 1780–1807	Succeeded by William Cavendish Thomas Coke
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Preceded by Thomas Coke William Windham	Member of Parliament for Norfolk with Jacob Henry Astley 1807	Succeeded by Jacob Henry Astley Thomas Coke
Preceded by William Cavendish Thomas Coke	Member of Parliament for Derby with William Cavendish 1807–1812 Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish 1812–1818 1807–1818	Succeeded by Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish Thomas Wenman Coke