title: Wenman Coke (1828–1907)
text: # Wenman Coke (1828–1907)
  
  The Hon. Wenman Clarence Walpole Coke (13 July 1828 – 10 January 1907) was a British soldier and Liberal Member of Parliament.
  
  ## Background
  
  Coke was the fourth son of the agricultural reformer Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester ("Coke of Norfolk"), by his second wife Lady Anne Emilia, daughter of William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle.
  
  ## Military and political career
  
  Coke was a lieutenant-colonel in the Scots Guards and fought in the Crimean War. In 1858 he was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Norfolk East, a seat he held until 1865.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Coke made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1851. He died unmarried in January 1907, aged 78.
  
  