Biography of Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner 1932-

Paternal Family Tree: Roberts aka Coke

On 16 Jul 1932 Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner was born to Major Thomas William Edward Coke 5th Earl of Leicester (age 24) and Elizabeth Mary Yorke Countess of Leicester (age 20).

In 1950 Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner (age 17) was formally presented at court, and was made 'debutante of the year' by Tatler.

Coronation of Elizabeth II

On 02 Jun 1953 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 27) was crowned King of the United Kingdom by Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher (age 66) at Westminster Abbey [Map].

Her ladies in waiting were:

Mistress of the Robes: Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 57)

Maids of Honour:

Mary Baillie-Hamilton (age 19)

Jane Antonia Frances Vane-Tempest-Stewart (age 20)

Nancy Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (age 18)

Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner (age 20)

Moyra Kathleen Hamilton (age 23)

On 21 Apr 1956 Colin Tennant 3rd Baron Glenconner (age 29) and Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner (age 23) were married at St Withburga's Church, Holkham [Map]. Bishop Percy Herbert (age 70) presided. The guests included Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 55) and Princess Margaret (age 25). Princess Margaret's future husband Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon (age 26) took the photographs. She the daughter of Major Thomas William Edward Coke 5th Earl of Leicester (age 47) and Elizabeth Mary Yorke Countess of Leicester (age 44).

On 15 Feb 1957 [her son] Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant was born to [her husband] Colin Tennant 3rd Baron Glenconner (age 30) and Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner (age 24).

On 06 May 1960 Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon (age 30) and Princess Margaret (age 29) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. The ceremony was the first royal wedding to be broadcast on television. She the daughter of King George VI of the United Kingdom and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 59).

[her husband] Colin Tennant 3rd Baron Glenconner (age 33) and Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner (age 27), whose wedding the couple had attended four years before, offered them a piece of land on their privately owned island, Mustique, and agreed to build a house for the couple on the land. It was designed in 1971 by uncle to Lord Snowdon, Oliver Messel, and named "Les Jolies Eaux" aka "The Pretty Waters"

In 1983 [her father-in-law] Christopher Tennant 2nd Baron Glenconner (age 84) died. His son [her husband] Colin Tennant 3rd Baron Glenconner (age 56) succeeded 3rd Baron Glenconner of The Glen in Peebles, 4th Baronet Tennant of The Glen and St Rollox. Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner (age 50) by marriage Baroness Glenconner of The Glen in Peebles.

On 27 Aug 2010 [her husband] Colin Tennant 3rd Baron Glenconner (age 83) died. His grandson Cody Charles Edward Tennant 4th Baron Glenconner (age 16) succeeded 4th Baron Glenconner of The Glen in Peebles, 5th Baronet Tennant of The Glen and St Rollox. He had made a new will shortly before his death leaving all of his assets to an employee, Kent Adonai. The family contested this will, and after a legal battle that lasted several years the estate was divided between Adonai and Cody Charles Edward Tennant (age 16).

Royal Ancestors of Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner 1932-

Kings Wessex: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Henry IV King France

Ancestors of Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner 1932-

Great x 4 Grandfather: Wenman Roberts aka Coke 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chamberlayne

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester 4 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Amelia Keppel Countess Leicester 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester 5 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Samuel Charles Whitbread

Great x 3 Grandfather: Samuel Charles Whitbread 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: General Henry Otway Trevor 21st Baron Dacre 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Julia Brand 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Pyne Crosbie Lady of the Bedchamber 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Thomas William Coke 4th Earl of Leicester 6 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry White 1st Baron Annaly

Great x 2 Grandfather: Luke White 2nd Baron Annaly

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Emily White Countess Leicester

Father: Major Thomas William Edward Coke 5th Earl of Leicester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Cotton Trefusis 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Trefusis 17th Baron Clinton 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne St John 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Rudolph Trefusis 19th Baron Clinton 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Colonel Walter Rodolph Trefusis 6 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian 4 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian 5 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Georgiana Kerr Baroness Clinton 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Scott 3rd Duke Buccleuch 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Harriet Scott Marchioness Lothian 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Montagu Duchess Buccleuch 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

GrandMother: Marion Gertrude Trefusis Countess Leicester 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Scott 3rd Duke Buccleuch 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Scott 4th Duke Buccleuch 6th Duke Queensberry 4 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Montagu Duchess Buccleuch 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Scott 5th Duke Buccleuch 7th Duke Queensberry 5 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Townshend 1st Viscount Sydney 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Harriet Katherine Townshend Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Powys Viscountess Sydney 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Charlotte Montagu-Douglas-Scott 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Thynne 1st Marquess of Bath 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bentinck Marchioness Bath 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Anne Thynne Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Byng 4th Viscount Torrington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Boyle Viscountess Torrington 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Yorke

Great x 3 Grandfather: Admiral Joseph Sydney Yorke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agneta Johnson

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Yorke 4th Earl of Hardwicke

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Rattray

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Weake Rattray

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Manners Yorke 7th Earl of Hardwicke 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry George Liddell 5th Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Susan Liddell Countess Hardwicke 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Simpson

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Susannah Simpson Baroness Calthorpe 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Lyon 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Charles Yorke 8th Earl of Hardwicke 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Mother: Elizabeth Mary Yorke Countess of Leicester 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England