A portrait of sir john coke (5 march 1563 – 8 september 1644) of derbyshire. Coke was the son of richard and mary coke of trusley, derbyshire, england. After leaving the university he entered public life as a servant of william cecil, lord burghley, afterwards becoming deputy-treasurer of the navy and then a commissioner of the navy, and being specially commended for his labours on behalf of naval administration. He became member of parliament for warwick in 1621 and was knighted in 1624, afterwards representing the university of cambridge. In the parliament of 1625 coke acted as a secretary of state of charles i. The mezzotint was based on a painting that is now in the derby museum and art gallery. Date: 1724. Medium: mezzotint print. Collection: Melbourne Hall, Melbourne, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.. George White, The Right Honourable Sr. John Coke Kt. (1724)
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