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Coke Monument - Holkham
Coke Monument, Holkham Hall, Norfolk
Cast in bronze to west: THIS COLUMN IN MEMORY OF THOMAS WILLIAM COKE, EARL OF LEICESTER,/FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY THE FAITHFUL REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS COUNTY IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS:/ ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION, ORIGINATING WITH THE YEOMANRY AND SUPPORTED BY THE NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN OF ALL PARTIES./ RECORDS A LIFE DEVOTED TO THE WELFARE OF HIS FRIENDS, NEIGHBOURS AND TENANTS./ OF SUCH A MAN CONTEMPORARIES NEEDED NO MEMORIAL. HIS DEEDS WERE BEFORE THEM. HIS PRAISE IN THEIR HEARTS./ BUT IT IMPORTS POSTERITY TO KNOW THAT HE PRE-EMINENTLY COMBINED PUBLIC SERVICES WITH PRIVATE WORTH./ AFFORDING AN ILLUSTRIOUS EXAMPLE OF BIRTH AND STATION ACTIVATED BY DUTY AND INSPIRED BY BENEVOLENCE./ INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE MARKED HIS POLITICAL CAREER. LOVE, HONOUR AND REGRET ATTEND THE FATHER, FRIEND AND LANDLORD./ THE ARTS LAMENT IN HIM A LIBERAL AND FOSTERING PATRON:/ AND AGRICULTURE/ TO WHICH FROM EARLY YOUTH TO THE CLOSE OF HIS LIFE HE DEDICATED TIME, ENERGY, SCIENCE AND WEALTH / --–CROWNING HIS CENOTAPH WITH HER EMBLEMS–/CHERISHES THE PRECEDENT AND COMMENDS THE PRACTICE OF HER GREAT PROMOTER AND BENEFACTOR/ JAMES WATSON, BUILDER ROBERT LEAMON CHAIRMAN W.J. DONTHORN F.I.B.A ARCHITECT.
Date 26 September 2023
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