Hon. Arthur Henry Cole (28 June 1780 – 16 June 1844) was an

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politician and civil servant who sat in the

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for

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from 1828 to 1844. Cole was the fourth son of

William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen William Willoughby Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen (1 March 1736 – 22 May 1803), styled The Honourable from 1760 to 1767, then known as Lord Mountflorence to 1776 and as Viscount Enniskillen to 1789, was an Irish peer and politician. Enniskille ...

(died 1803), and Anne, daughter of Galbraith Lowry-Corry, Irish MP for

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and sister of

Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Earl Belmore Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Earl Belmore (7 April 1740 – 2 February 1802) was an Irish nobleman and politician. Background He was born Armar Lowry, the first son of Galbraith Lowry (later Lowry-Corry) MP, of Ahenis, County Tyrone by his wife Sarah ...

. He was the younger brother of

John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen John Willoughby Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen KP (23 March 1768 – 31 March 1840), styled Viscount Cole from 1789 to 1803, was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. Life Cole was the son of William Willoughby Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen ...

, Sir

Galbraith Lowry Cole Hon. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, (1 May 1772 – 4 October 1842) was an Anglo-Irish British Army general and politician. Early life Cole was the second son of an Irish peer, William Willoughby Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen (1 March 1736&ndash ...

, and Right Rev. William Cole. He was educated at

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. Cole arrived in British India in 1802 as part of the

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, and was described by

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as "a very fine lad, and modest, and well behaved." He was appointed the British Resident in

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in 1812, serving for about 15 years before returning home to start his political career. Cole's Park and Cole's Road in

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are named after him. He was also influential in the construction of an Anglican church, St. Bartholomew's Church, in Mysore. He was elected as Member of Parliament for the

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in an 1828 by-election, following the resignation of his brother-in-law Richard Magenis. He resigned from Parliament on 4 June 1844 because of ill health, and died 12 days later at his residence in

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, just shy of his 64th birthday. He was succeeded by his nephew Henry Arthur Cole.

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