 Coke remained in the prime of life after his retirement ; records show him killing 24 deer with 25 shots at the age of 79 , and having another child three years later . A portrait painted of him which appears to be of a man 20 years younger , is according to Stirling " no flattering likeness " , but instead completely accurate . After a short and painful illness while visiting his estate ( and childhood home ) at Longford Hall , Derbyshire , Coke died in the early hours of 30 June 1842 at the age of 88 ; his last words were reported to be " well , perhaps I have talked too much " . The body lay in state for two days , with the funeral procession finally setting out on 7 July . It travelled through King 's Lynn , where black flags of mourning were flown and thousands came to pay their respects . On the final leg of the journey , with a funeral procession two miles in length led by 150 Holkham tenants on horseback and followed by several hundreds of private carriages , 200 gentlemen on horseback , riding two abreast , and lastly , a long train of neighbours , tenants and yeomen , Coke was eventually buried at the family mausoleum in <unk> on 11 July . Immediately after Coke 's death , a committee formed to create a monument to him ; over a thousand subscribers contributed £ 5 @,@ 000 . The eventual Coke Monument , found in the grounds of Holkham Hall , was designed by William Donthorne and finally completed in 1851 . 
