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Coke, Wenman Clarence Walpole (1828 -1907)

Wenman Coke was the fourth son of Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham, and his second wife, Lady Anne Keppel, daughter of the Earl of Albermarle. Lieutenant Colonel of the Scots Fusilier Guards, he served in the Crimean War, and was a member of the Sardinian Order of Valour and Knight of the Medjidie. He served as Member of Parliament for East Norfolk 1858 1865. He died unmarried 10 January 1907.

Stamp(s) Stamp Information
Coke, Wenman Clarence Walpole (1828 - 1907) (Stamp 1) Title: Coke, Wenman Clarence Walpole (1828 - 1907) (Stamp 1)
Crest: On a chapeau turned up ermine an ostrich holding in its beak a horseshoe
Dimensions (height x width): 18mm x 17mm
Monogram: W C
Heraldic Charges: chapeau, on a, Heraldic Charges: horseshoe, Heraldic Charges: ostrich