- Coke, Sir John
- (1563-1644)Sat in Parliament, 1621-1629; secretary of State, 1625; a commissioner of the treasury, 1635-1636.Index: Ch English Commissioner in matter of Canada, 214.Bib.: Dict. Nat. Biog.
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