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-Colonel John Chichester and the Hon. Mary Jones, daughter of

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, and aunt of

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. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy around 1691 and was returned to the

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for

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in 1692, a seat he held until 1695. From 1695 to 1703 he represented

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in the Irish Parliament. In 1715, he was raised to the

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as Baron Ranelagh, of Ranelagh in the County of Wicklow, a revival of the Ranelagh title which had become extinct on the death of his first cousin once removed the Earl of Ranelagh in 1712. Lord Ranelagh was twice married. He married firstly the Honourable Catherine Byron, daughter of

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and Elizabeth Chaworth, in 1692. After her death in 1746, he married secondly Selina Bathurst, daughter of Peter Bathurst, in 1748. Both marriages were childless. He died in October 1754 when the baronetcy and barony became extinct. ''Rue de Ranelagh'' in

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, France as well as the nearby Ranelagh metro station (opened in 1922) are named after Ranelagh.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ranelagh, Arthur Cole, 1st Baron 1754 deaths Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Cole family (Anglo-Irish aristocracy) Peers of Ireland created by George I Year of birth unknown Year of birth uncertain Cole, Arthur Cole, Arthur Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Fermanagh constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Roscommon constituencies