COKE, Thomas (1674-1727), of Melbourne, Derbys.; Melton Mowbray, Leics.; and St. James’s Place, London.

bap. 19 Feb. 1674, 1st s. of John Coke† of Melbourne by Mary, da. and h. of Sir Thomas Leventhorpe, 4th Bt., of Shingehall, Sawbridgeworth, Herts. educ. Rotterdam (M. Chauvois) 1688; New Coll. Oxf. 1693; travelled abroad (Low Countries) 1696, 1697. m. (1) c.June 1698 (with £8,000), Lady Mary Stanhope (d. 1704), e. da. of Philip, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, 2da.; (2) 15 Oct. 1709 (with £6,000) Elizabeth (d. ?1722), da. of Richard Hales of King’s Walden, Herts., 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1692. HMC Cowper, iii. 156–7; Add. 19253, f. 189b; Beaufort mss at Badminton House, Coventry pprs., Ld. Bindon (Henry Howard*) to [Lady Anne Coventry?], 4 Oct. 1709; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxiii. 413.