John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen
The Earl of Enniskillen | |
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| Born | 23 March 1768 |
| Died | 13 April 1840 (aged 72) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Spouse | Lady Charlotte Paget |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 1815–1840 Hereditary peerage | |
| Succeeded by | William Cole |
| In office 1804–1840 Representative Peer for Ireland | |
John Willoughby Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen KP (23 March 1768 – 31 March 1840), styled Viscount Cole from 1789 to 1803, was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament.
Cole was the son of William Willoughby Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen. In 1790 and in 1798, he was elected for Sligo Borough and Fermanagh. Both times, he chose to sit for the latter and represented the constituency in the Irish House of Commons until the Act of Union in 1801.
After the Union, Cole was subsequently returned to the British House of Commons for Fermanagh, a seat he held until 1803, when he succeeded his father as earl. He was also Lord Lieutenant of County Fermanagh and sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative Peer from 1804 to 1840. He was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick in 1810 and in 1815 he was created Baron Grinstead, of Grinstead in the County of Wiltshire, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Lord Enniskillen married Lady Charlotte Paget, daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, in 1805. They had five children:
- William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807–1886)
- Lt.-Col. Hon. Henry Arthur Cole (14 February 1809 – 2 July 1890)
- Lady Jane Anne Louisa Florence Cole (27 July 1811 – 23 March 1831)
- Hon. John Lowry Cole (8 June 1813 – 28 November 1882)
- Hon. Lowry Balfour Cole (6 June 1815 – 14 January 1818)
He died in March 1840, aged 72, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son William.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- www.thepeerage.com
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