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John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence

1709 – 1767

Irish politician

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Lived 1709 – 1767 (aged 58). John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence was a politician.

Arms of Cole, Earl of Enniskillen: Argent, a bull passant sable armed or a bordure of the second bezantée on a canton sinister per pale gules and azure a harp of the third stringed argent. These are the arms of Cole of Nethway in the parish of Brixham, Devon, differenced by a canton John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence (13 October 1709 – 30 November 1767) was an Irish peer and politician.

Biography Born in Dublin, he was the son of John Cole, Member of Parliament for Enniskillen. In 1726 he was admitted to Trinity College Dublin, and four years later 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 Willoughby Cole, who was created Earl of Enniskillen in 1789.

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Trinity College, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin
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Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland
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John Cole

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Irish politician

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John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence was born on 13 October 1709 in Dublin.

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John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence died on 30 November 1767.

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John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence was a politician.

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