John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence
Politician
1709 – 1767
Who was John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence?
John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence 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, where he was educated, and four years later was returned to the Irish House of Commons as member for his father's old seat of Enniskillen, a constituency he represented until his ennoblement. He was also High Sheriff of Fermanagh in 1733. In 1760 Cole was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Mountflorence, of Florence Court in the County of Fermanagh. He took his seat in the Irish House of Lords the following year, and died six years later aged 58. He was succeeded in the barony by his son William, who was created Earl of Enniskillen in 1789.
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- Born
- Oct 13, 1709
- Children
- Education
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Lived in
- County Dublin
- Died
- Nov 30, 1767
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on July 23, 2013
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