Alice Emily Coke, Countess of Leicester, (''née'' White; 29 September 1855 – 24 April 1936), styled The Honourable Alice White from 1873 to 1879 and Viscountess Coke from 1879 to 1909, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat active in the

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during the

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. She was the daughter of Sir Luke White, who succeeded as 2nd

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in 1873. She married Viscount Coke on 26 August 1879. He succeeded his father as 3rd Earl of Leicester in 1909. The couple had five children, including

Thomas Coke, 4th Earl of Leicester Thomas William Coke, 4th Earl of Leicester, (9 July 1880 – 21 August 1949) was a British peer and Army officer, styled Viscount Coke from 1909 to 1941. Early life Coke was the son of Thomas William Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester, and Hon. Alice ...

. She was a prominent figure in

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, becoming a

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in 1922. She was president of the Norfolk Branch of the British Red Cross Society during the War, and was in consequence appointed

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(DBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours. She died at

Holkham Hall Holkham Hall ( or ) is an 18th-century English country house, country house near the village of Holkham, Norfolk, England, constructed in the Neo-Palladian style for the Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation), 1st Earl of Leicester ...

on 24 April 1936.

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