D'Ewes Coke

D'Ewes Coke
D'Ewes Coke and his wife, Hannah, behind his cousin Daniel Coke in a painting by Joseph Wright (use mouse pointer to explore the image)
Born	1747 Mansfield Woodhouse
Died	12 April 1811 Bath
Education	Repton School and St John's College, Cambridge
Occupation	Clergyman and barrister
Spouse(s)	Hannah Heywood
Children	three sons, D'Ewes, William and John
Parent(s)	George Coke and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Seth Ellis

The Reverend D'Ewes Coke (1747 - 12 April 1811) was rector of Pinxton and South Normanton in Derbyshire, a colliery owner and philanthropist.

He married Hannah, heiress of George Heywood of Brimington.

Coke was born at Mansfield Woodhouse in 1747, the only son of George Coke (1725–1759) of Kirkby Hall, Nottinghamshire, and of his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the Reverend Seth Ellis. George Coke was himself the son of another D'Ewes Coke (died 1751), of Suckley, and of his first wife, Frances Coke, daughter and co-heiress of William Coke of Trusley, and was the only one of their three children to survive childhood. Coke's father died in 1759, when his son was only about twelve.

The name D'Ewes came from Coke's great-grandmother Elizabeth d'Ewes, who was the mother of the first D'Ewes Coke. A daughter of Sir Willoughby d'Ewes, 2nd Baronet, of Stowlangtoft Hall, Suffolk, she was the wife of Coke's great-grandfather Heigham Coke of Suckley. Her grandfather was Sir Simonds d'Ewes, 1st Baronet.

Coke's own family can be traced back to the 15th century and includes such notable figures as George Coke, a Bishop of Hereford just before the English Civil War, and Sir John Coke, Secretary of State to King Charles I.

Coke's family owned collieries in Pinxton, where Coke later paid for a school and a schoolmaster's residence to be erected.

Coke was a cousin of Daniel Coke (1745–1825), a barrister and member of parliament.