Sir Ralph Cole, 2nd Baronet (1629 – 1704) was an English politician.

Life

Cole was the son of

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 ...

and his first wife Mary Liddell, daughter of

Sir Thomas Liddell, 1st Baronet Captain Sir Thomas Liddell, 1st Baronet (1578–1652) was an English politician, a member of the Liddell family which monopolized the local government of the North of England during the 16th and 17th centuries. He was one of the leading supporters ...

. His father was mayor of

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and a wealthy merchant who owned

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 1660 Cole succeeded to his father's baronetcy. He was the

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for the City of Durham between 1678 and 1679.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.

Family

Cole married: #Firstly, by 1651, Margaret Windham (died 1657), daughter of Thomas Windham of

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, a widow; #Secondly, Catherine Foulis (died 1704), daughter of Sir Henry Foulis, 2nd Baronet. He had three sons. He was succeeded by his grandson Sir Nicholas Cole, 3rd Baronet.

References

1629 births 1704 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1661–1679 {{17thC-England-MP-stub