Biography of Wenman Roberts aka Coke 1717-1776

On 18th December 1715 [his father] Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Roberts [aged 25] and [his mother] Anne Coke were married.

Around 1717 Wenman Roberts aka Coke was born to [his father] Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Roberts [aged 27] and [his mother] Anne Coke.

In 1750 Wenman Roberts aka Coke [aged 33] assumed the surname Coke.

Before 1751 Wenman Roberts aka Coke [aged 33] and Elizabeth Chamberlayne [aged 17] were married.

Around 1751 [his daughter] Margaret Coke Lady Hunloke was born to Wenman Roberts aka Coke [aged 34] and [his wife] Elizabeth Chamberlayne [aged 17]. She married 21st December 1769 Henry Hunloke 4th Baronet, son of Thomas Windsor Hunloke 3rd Baronet and Charlotte Throckmorton Lady Hunloke, and had issue.

In 1753 [his daughter] Elizabeth Coke Baroness Sherborne was born to Wenman Roberts aka Coke [aged 36] and [his wife] Elizabeth Chamberlayne [aged 19]. She married 1774 James Dutton 1st Baron Sherborne and had issue.

On 6th May 1754 [his son] Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester was born to Wenman Roberts aka Coke [aged 37] and [his wife] Elizabeth Chamberlayne [aged 21]. He married (1) 25th October 1775 Jane Dutton and had issue (2) 1822 Anne Amelia Keppel Countess Leicester, daughter of William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle, and had issue.

On 28th June 1758 [his son] Edward Coke was born to Wenman Roberts aka Coke [aged 41] and [his wife] Elizabeth Chamberlayne [aged 25].

On 20th April 1759 [his uncle] Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 61] died. Earl of Leicester and Baron Lovel of Minster Lovell extinct. Wenman Roberts aka Coke [aged 42] inherited his estates.

On 31st August 1753 Edward Coke [aged 34] died.

Monument in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tittleshall [Map] commissioned by wife and mother Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester [aged 58]. Erected in 1760. Sculpted by Charles Atkinson. Gadrooned sarcophagus on pedestal with a carved and painted achievement above surrounded by extravagant mantling. Flanked by pair of composite columns supporting a dentilated pediment. Carved bust figures to the sides of the Earl and Countess by Louis Francois Roubiliac [aged 56].

Edward Coke: On 2nd February 1719 he was born to Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester. On 1st April 1747 Edward Coke and Mary Campbell were married. She the daughter of John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll and Jane Warburton Duchess of Argyll. He the son of Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester.

On 21st December 1769 [his son-in-law] Henry Hunloke 4th Baronet [aged 45] and [his daughter] Margaret Coke Lady Hunloke [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Lady Hunloke of Wingerworth in Derbyshire. The difference in their ages was 26 years.

In 1772 Wenman Roberts aka Coke [aged 55] was elected MP Derby.

In 1774 [his son-in-law] James Dutton 1st Baron Sherborne [aged 29] and [his daughter] Elizabeth Coke Baroness Sherborne [aged 21] were married.

In 1774 Wenman Roberts aka Coke [aged 57] was elected MP Norfolk.

On 25th October 1775 [his son] Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 21] and [his daughter-in-law] Jane Dutton [aged 21] were married at Sherborne, Gloucestershire.

On 11th April 1776 Wenman Roberts aka Coke [aged 59] died.

On 13th December 1810 [his former wife] Elizabeth Chamberlayne [aged 77] died.