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Coke Robert Stevenson ( March 20, 1888 – June 28, 1975 ) was the 35th Governor of Texas from 1941 to 1947.
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In country house building, major commissions for Kent were designing the interiors of Houghton Hall ( c. 1725 – 35 ), recently built by Colen Campbell for Sir Robert Walpole, but at Holkham Hall the most complete embodiment of Palladian ideals is still to be found ; there Kent collaborated with Thomas Coke, the other " architect earl ", and had for an assistant Matthew Brettingham, whose own architecture would carry Palladian ideals into the next generation.
The town was formed in 1901 with the opening of the Federal Coal and Coke Company bituminous coal mine, and was named for Robert Grant, vice president of the coal company.
Coke's father, Robert Coke, was a barrister and Bencher of Lincoln's Inn who built up a strong practice representing clients from his home area of Norfolk, particularly the Townsend family.
It is sometimes supposed that Edward was the oldest, because his name is first on the monument to Robert Coke, but this is most likely simply because the names were listed with the son first and daughters second, not because the order represented their ages.
Two years after Robert Coke died on 15 November 1561, Winifred remarried to Robert Bozoun, a member of an old family who had a tremendous influence on the Coke children.
Coke and Robert Cecil, the government's two strongest defenders in Parliament, made several efforts to put off or end the debate over the bills.
On 10 April 1594, Coke was made Attorney General for England and Wales thanks to his partnership with the Cecil family ; Francis Bacon, his rival, was supported by Robert Devereux, who waged a constant war against Robert Cecil for control of the English government.
Coke was only saved from imprisonment by Robert Cecil, who pleaded with the King to show leniency, which he granted.
Coke became a leading opposition MP, along with Robert Phelips, Thomas Wentworth and John Pym, campaigning against any military intervention and the marriage of the Prince of Wales and Maria Anna.
Through Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, ( previously High Steward and then Chancellor of Cambridge ), Coke had procured for the University the right to send its own two representatives to Parliament, a matter of much practical benefit.
Edward died young, Robert became a Knight Bachelor and married Theophile, daughter of Thomas Berkeley, Arthur married Elizabeth, heir of Sir George Walgrave, John married Meriel, daughter of Anthony Wheately, through which Holkham Hall came into the Coke family, Henry married Margaret, daughter of Richard Lovelace, and inherited the manor at Holkham from his brother John ( who had seven daughters but no son ), Clement married Sarah, heiress of Alesxander Redich, and Thomas died as an infant.
It is said that Coke first suggested marrying Hatton to Sir Robert Cecil, Hatton's uncle, at the funeral of Lord Burghley, Coke's patron ; he needed to ensure that he would continue his rise under Burghley's son, Cecil, and did this by marrying into the family.
Not only did the Commons continue to refuse to provide money, led by Robert Phelips and Sir Edward Coke they began investigating the Duke of Buckingham.
It passed down the family to Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester who sold his land in Reddish at the end of the 18th century, and in 1808 it was bought by Robert Hyde Greg and John Greg.
He was taken to London and interrogated by the Privy Council, whose members included John Popham, Edward Coke and Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury.
* " In Search of Coke Stevenson " ( Robert Caro's description of how he came to write about Coke Stevenson )
Coke and Stevenson
This election was highly controversial: in a three-way Democratic Party primary Johnson faced a well-known former governor, Coke Stevenson, and a third candidate.
Lyndon Baines Johnson a 200-vote edge over popular former governor Coke Stevenson in the Democratic primary election.
" Tower was supported by prominent Democratic former Governor Coke Stevenson of Junction, the loser by 87 votes to Johnson in the 1948 Democratic Senate primary runoff.
Coke R. Stevenson Memorial Center meeting hall is located off Interstate 10 in Junction, Texas | Junction, Texas.
In 1966, Marker number 5118 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark honoring Coke Stevenson was placed on the Kimble County Courthouse grounds in Junction, Texas.
In 1913, Coke Stevenson became president of the First National Bank in Junction, the seat of Kimble County.
The couple had one son, Coke Stevenson Jr. She died on January 3, 1942, and is buried at the Junction Cemetery.
Coke Stevenson died on June 28, 1975, in Shannon Memorial Hospital in San Angelo, Texas, and is buried at the Stevenson Family Ranch Cemetery.
Coke and March
It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke ( a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company in the United States since March 27, 1944 ).
On 27 March 1621, James suggested the House of Commons draw up a list of the three most objectionable patents, and he would " give Life to it, without alteration ", but by this time a statute was already being prepared by Coke.
Sir John Coke ( 5 March 1563 – 8 September 1644 ) was an English office holder and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629.
c. 73 ), the town became governed by an Urban District Council of 12 members, and was gaslit from the worka of the March Gas and Coke Co. Limited.
On 27 March 1621, James suggested the House of Commons draw up a list of the three most objectionable patents, and he would " give Life to it, without alteration ", but by this time a statute was already being prepared by Coke.
Richard Coke ( March 13, 1829May 14, 1897 ) was an American lawyer, farmer, and statesman from Waco, Texas.
Parliament was eventually dissolved on 25 March 1784, and thanks to Coke's long-standing support of Fox and his actions, the ensuing general election led to Coke losing his seat.
In Parliament, Coke spoke out against the conflict, debating the motion to raise money for the war through a new tax in April 1794, and supporting Wilberforce's anti-war motion on 24 March 1795.
In a sitting of Parliament on 16 March 2010, Opposition member Dr. Peter Phillips made reference to an alleged contractual arrangement between the Government and a United States law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips to lobby the US Government on a treaty dispute between the two countries that had arisen as a result of the Jamaican Government refusing to sign an extradition request for Christopher ' Dudus ' Coke, who is wanted in the US on charges relating to narcotics, arms and ammunition trafficking.
After the death of William Hatton on 12 March 1597, and after a failed wooing by Sir Francis Bacon, on 6 November 1598 Elizabeth Hatton married Sir Edward Coke.
To enter the contest, which ran between March 28 and May 31, 2005, contestants needed 10 Coke points and had to be in Japan.
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