Coke, Thomas William, 1st earl of Leicester (1754-1842). ‘Coke of Norfolk’ was an assertively Whig MP for Norfolk for over 50 years. He is remembered as an agricultural improver. New crop rotations raised production: turnips (winter food for sheep) preceded grain, followed by sown grass (summer food for sheep) leading again to grain; sheep fertilized for wheat and barley. Publicity for Coke's work has caused neglect of the agricultural improvements of his great-uncle Thomas Coke (1697-1759), earl of Leicester (1744).
Thomas William Coke
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| Thomas Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester |
| Sir Edward Astley, 4th Baronet |
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