Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Leicester
CBE DL
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; 6 May 1936; Southern Rhodesia; (present-day Zimbabwe)
Died	25 April 2015 (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), 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.

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