William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen

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 peer and 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.[1] These are the arms of Cole of Nethway in the parish of Brixham, Devon,[2] differenced by a canton

Enniskillen was the eldest son of John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence of Florence Court, County Fermanagh.

Cole represented Enniskillen in the Irish House of Commons from 1761 to 1767, when he succeeded his father as second Baron Mountflorence and took his seat in the Irish House of Lords. 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.[3]

Private life

Florence Court, County Fermanagh

Enniskillen married Anne, daughter of Galbraith Lowry-Corry, MP [I] for Tyrone and sister of Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Earl Belmore. They had four sons and four daughters:[3]

John Willoughby Cole, Viscount Enniskillen (1768–1840), his heir
Hon. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole (1772–1842)
Hon. Rev. William Montgomery Cole (died October 1804), Dean of Waterford
Hon. Arthur Henry Cole (1780–1844)[4]
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

Lord Enniskillen died in May 1803, aged 67, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son.[3]

References

Kidd, Charles, Debrett's peerage & Baronetage 2015 Edition, London, 2015, p.P425
Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.213
Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1329. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
"COLE, Hon. Arthur Henry (1780–1844), of 15 Jermyn Street, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by James Saunderson John Cole	Member of Parliament for Enniskillen 1761–1767 With: Richard Gorges	Succeeded by Richard Gorges Richard Gorges
Peerage of Ireland
New creation	Earl of Enniskillen 1789–1803	Succeeded by John Willoughby Cole
New creation	Viscount Enniskillen 1776–1803
Preceded by John Cole	Baron Mountflorence 1767–1803

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[1] Kidd, Charles, Debrett's peerage & Baronetage 2015 Edition, London, 2015, p.P425

[2] Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.213

[burke-3] Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1329. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

[hop-4] "COLE, Hon. Arthur Henry (1780–1844), of 15 Jermyn Street, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 June 2019.