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Henry Coke

Henry Coke

English politician

Henry Coke (1591–1661) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1642.

Coke was the son of Sir Edward Coke, the Lord Chief Justice, of Thorington, Suffolk. He was admitted at Queens' College, Cambridge on 18 August 1607.[1]

In 1624 Coke was elected Member of Parliament for Wycombe and was re-elected in 1625 and 1626. In April 1640, Coke was elected MP for Dunwich in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Dunwich for the Long Parliament in November 1640 and sat until he was disabled on 7 September 1642 for supporting King Charles I.[2]

Coke died in 1661 and was buried at Thorington, Suffolk.[1]

Coke married Margaret Lovelace, daughter of Richard Lovelace.[1] His son Roger Coke was a writer.

References

  1. [1]
    "Coke, Henry (CK607H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. [2]
    Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
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