George Lewis Coke [SEP] place of death
George Lewis Coke
George Lewis Coke (1715–1751) inherited his father's property at Melbourne, Derbyshire. Some accounts say he returned from his Grand Tour to complete his father’s work on Melbourne Hall. On his death, the property went to his sister who was to become grandmother to William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, the Victorian Prime Minister.
Biography.
George Lewis Coke was born in 1715 to Thomas Coke and his wife Mary (née Hale). His father had been Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
first coffin to be removed was that of George Lewis Coke which was unusual in shape. This was recorded by the local historian John Joseph Briggs who also noted the story about his valet, John Lewis Pasteur. According to Briggs, Coke had returned from abroad in the coffin, 109 years before, with Pasteur as velet. It was Pasteur who went on to be a shepherd in Bredon. Briggs indicates that Coke never returned alive from his foreign tour and that his coffin was of "foreign" construction. Others agree with