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

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in 1633. On 4 March 1640 Cole was created a baronet, of Brancepeth in the

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by Charles I. He served as

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in 1640 and 1641 and played a prominent role in the defence of the city during the seven-month

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in 1644. Under the Commonwealth of England he lived in obscurity. He was succeeded in his title by his son, Ralph Cole.John Burke, Bernard Burke, ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland'' (W. Clowes, 1844), p.124.

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