Baron Ranelagh, of Ranelagh in the County of Wicklow, was a title in the

Peerage of Ireland The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisi ...

. It was created on 18 April 1715The Peerage of Ireland: A Genealogical and Historical Account of All The Peers of The Kingdom, Volume II
by Edward Kimber and John Almon. Retrieved on December 5, 2014. for Sir Arthur Cole, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented

Enniskillen Enniskillen ( , from ga, Inis Ceithleann , 'Cethlenn, Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of ...

and

Roscommon Roscommon (; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60, N61 and N63 roads. The name Roscommon is derived from Coman mac Faelchon who built ...

in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ...

. The Baronetcy, of Newland in the County of Dublin, was created in the

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in 1660 for his father

Sir John Cole, 1st Baronet Sir John Cole, 1st Baronet (died 1691) was an Anglo-Irish politician. He was the second son of William Cole (planter), Sir William Cole (died 1653), a key figure in the Plantation of Ulster, and his second wife Catherine Parsons, daughter of Sir L ...

, a member of the Irish Parliament for

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. He married Elizabeth Chichester, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel John Chichester and the Honourable Mary Jones, daughter of

Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh Sir Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh PC (Ire) (before 1589 – 1643) was joint Lord President of Connaught with Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Wilmot. He commanded the government forces in Connaught during the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and the b ...

, and aunt of

Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh (8 February 1641 – 5 January 1712), known as The Viscount Ranelagh between 1669 and 1677, was an Irish peer, politician both in the Parliaments of England and Ireland. Background He was the eldest son of Ar ...

(on whose death in 1712 the viscountcy became dormant while the earldom became extinct). Lord Ranelagh was childless and the titles became extinct on his death in 1754. Michael Cole, brother of the first Baronet, was the ancestor of the Earls of Enniskillen.

Cole Baronets, of Newland (1660)

(died ) *

Arthur Cole, 1st Baron Ranelagh Arthur Cole, 1st Baron Ranelagh (1669 – 5 October 1754), known as Sir Arthur Cole, Bt, between c. 1691 and 1715, was an Irish politician. Cole was the eldest son of Sir John Cole, 1st Baronet, by Elizabeth Chichester, daughter of Lieutenant-Col ...

(–1754) (created Baron Ranelagh in 1715)

Barons Ranelagh (1715)

(–1754)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ranelagh Extinct baronies in the Peerage of Ireland Cole family (Anglo-Irish aristocracy) Noble titles created in 1715

Cole Baronets, of Newland (1660)

Barons Ranelagh (1715)

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