There have been two baronetcies created for people named Cole, one in the

Baronetage of England Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I ...

and one in the

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. The Cole Baronetcy, of

Brancepeth Castle Brancepeth Castle is a castle in the village of Brancepeth in County Durham, England, some 5 miles south-west of the city of Durham (). It is a Grade I listed building. History A succession of buildings has been on the site. The first was a Norm ...

, in the County of Durham was created on 4 March 1640 in the

for Nicholas Cole, Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne 1640 and 1641. He was an ardent Royalist who played a key part in the defence of Newcastle, which withstood a seven-month siege by Parliamentary forces in 1644. The Baronetcy became extinct on the death of the 4th Baronet, Sir Mark Cole of Brancepeth, in 1727. The Cole Baronetcy, of Newland, in the

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was created on 23 January 1661 for John Cole. His son Arthur was elevated to Baron Ranelagh in 1715.

Cole of Brancepeth (1640)

Sir Nicholas Cole, 1st Baronet Sir Nicholas Cole, 1st Baronet (died 1660) was an English Royalist during the English Civil War. Cole was the son of Ralph Cole, who had purchased Brancepeth Castle in 1633. On 4 March 1640 Cole was created a baronet, of Brancepeth in the Barone ...

(died 1660) *

Sir Ralph Cole, 2nd Baronet Sir Ralph Cole, 2nd Baronet (1629 – 1704) was an English politician. Life Cole was the son of Sir Nicholas Cole, 1st Baronet and his first wife Mary Liddell, daughter of Sir Thomas Liddell, 1st Baronet. His father was mayor of Newcastle upon ...

(1629–1704)

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for Durham 1678/9 * Sir Nicholas Cole, 3rd Baronet (1685–1711) * Sir Mark Cole, 4th Baronet (1687–1720) ''Extinct on his death''

Cole of Newland (1661)

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Baron Ranelagh Baron Ranelagh, of Ranelagh in the County of Wicklow, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 18 April 1715

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* ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland'' John and John Bernard Burke 2nd Ed (1844), p. 124 *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 __NOTOC__ Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland