Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester

The Right Honourable The Earl of Leicester CBE DL
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office 19 June 1994 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 6th Earl of Leicester
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	Edward Douglas Coke (1936-05-06)6 May 1936 Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe)
Died	25 April 2015(2015-04-25) (aged 78) Holkham, Norfolk, England
Spouses	Valeria Phyllis Potter ​ ​ (m. 1962; div. 1985)​ Sarah Forde ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	Thomas Coke, 8th Earl of Leicester Lady Laura Paul The Hon. Rupert Coke
Parents	Anthony Coke, 6th Earl of Leicester Moyra Joan Crossley

Edward Douglas Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester, CBE DL (6 May 1936 – 25 April 2015^[1]), styled Viscount Coke between 1976 and 1994, was an English nobleman. The Earl of Leicester was one of Norfolk's leading figures and played a key role in preserving and modernising the Holkham Estate over 40 years.^[2]