 Coke was re @-@ elected to Parliament in 1790 , at a time of great political trouble . The French Revolution a year earlier had torn the Whig party in half , with Coke and Fox in the isolated minority who supported the revolutionaries as their acts became more brutal . With the declaration of war in 1793 , an impact was finally felt in Britain with a rise in agricultural prices and rent . It also led to the establishment of local yeomanry forces to defend the country , something Coke opposed . This reduced his popularity in Norfolk and led to suspicions he might be a Jacobin , to the point where he was forced to publicly declare that he was not a Republican and " detested their principles " . Eventually , late September 1798 , he raised the Holkham Yeoman Cavalry , commanding it as a Major , to defend against any invasion . This unit was dissolved in 1802 with the Peace of Amiens , but after war broke out again a year later more volunteer regiments were formed . Coke was notably absent from any preparations for defence , feeling that the risks of invasion were exaggerated , but was eventually persuaded by public opinion to reform the Yeoman Cavalry in 1803 ; it was again dissolved in 1805 . 
