Alice Coke, Countess of Leicester

Who was Alice Coke, Countess of Leicester?

Alice Emily Coke, Countess of Leicester DBE, née White, was the wife of the 3rd Earl of Leicester.

She was the daughter of Sir Luke White, who succeeded as 2nd Baron Annaly in 1873. She married Viscount Coke on 26 August 1879. He succeeded his father as 3rd Earl of Leicester in 1909.

She was a prominent figure in Norfolk, becoming a Justice of the Peace in 1922. She was president of the Norfolk Branch of the British Red Cross Society during the First World War, and was in consequence appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1920 civilian war honours.

She died at Holkham Hall on 24 April 1936.