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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
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peer and politician.
Enniskillen was the eldest son of
John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence
John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence (13 October 1709 – 30 November 1767) was an Irish peer and politician.
Born in Dublin, he was the son of John Cole, Member of Parliament for Enniskillen. In 1726 he was admitted to Trinity College Dublin,''Al ...
of
Florence Court
Florence Court is a large 18th-century house and estate located 8 miles south-west of Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is set in the foothills of Cuilcagh Mountain. The nearby village is distinguished by the one-word name Flo ...
, County Fermanagh.
Cole 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 ...
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 ...
from 1761 to 1767, when he succeeded his father as second Baron Mountflorence and took his seat in the
Irish House of Lords
The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medieval times until 1800. It was also the final court of appeal of the Kingdom of Ireland.
It was modelled on the House of Lords of England, with membe ...
. In 1776, he was created Viscount Enniskillen and in 1789 he was even further honoured when he was made Earl of Enniskillen. Both these titles are 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 ...
.
Private life
![Florence Court frontage](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Florence_Court_frontage.jpg)
In November 1763 Enniskillen married Anne,
daughter of
Galbraith Lowry-Corry, MP
for
Tyrone and sister of
Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Earl Belmore. They had four sons and four daughters:
*
John Willoughby Cole, Viscount Enniskillen (1768–1840), his heir
* Hon. 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&nda ...
(1772–1842)
* Hon. Rev.
William Montgomery Cole (died October 1804),
Dean of Waterford
The Dean of Waterford in the United Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory in the Church of Ireland is the dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford.
List of deans of Waterford
*?–1223 William Wace (afterwards Bishop of Waterford 1223)
*?–1252 P ...
*Hon.
Arthur Henry Cole
Hon. Arthur Henry Cole (28 June 1780 – 16 June 1844) was an Anglo-Irish politician and civil servant who sat in the British House of Commons for Enniskillen from 1828 to 1844.
Cole was the fourth son of William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen ...
(1780–1844)
*Lady Sarah Cole (died 14 March 1833), married
Owen Wynne
*Lady Elizabeth Anne (died 1807), married
Richard Magenis
*Lady Florence Cole (died 1 March 1862), married
Blayney Townley-Balfour
*
Lady Henrietta Frances (22 June 1784 – 2 July 1848), married
Earl de Grey
Earl de Grey, of Wrest in the County of Bedford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
History
The title was created on 25 October 1816 (as Countess de Grey) for Amabell Hume-Campbell, Dowager Lady Polwarth and ''suo jure'' 5th ...
Lord Enniskillen died in May 1803, aged 67, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son.
References
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1736 births
1803 deaths
People educated at Kilkenny College
Irish MPs 1761–1768
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Fermanagh constituencies
Earls of Enniskillen
Cole family (Anglo-Irish aristocracy)