John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen

The Earl of Enniskillen
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Born	March 23, 1768
Died	April 13, 1840
Occupation	Politician
Spouse(s)	Lady Charlotte Paget

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
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• www.thepeerage.com

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Enniskillen

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Mervyn Archdall Arthur Cole-Hamilton	Member of Parliament for Fermanagh 1790–1801 With: Mervyn Archdall	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Wynne Thomas Dawson	Member of Parliament for Sligo Borough 1790 With: Robert Wynne	Succeeded by Robert Wynne Owen Wynne
Preceded by Robert Wynne Owen Wynne	Member of Parliament for Sligo Borough 1798 With: Robert Wynne	Succeeded by Robert Wynne Owen Wynne
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Fermanagh 1801–1803 With: Mervyn Archdall 1801–1802 Mervyn Archdall 1802–1803	Succeeded by Mervyn Archdall Galbraith Lowry Cole
Honorary titles
New title	Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh 1831–1840	Succeeded by The Earl Erne
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by William Willoughby Cole	Earl of Enniskillen 1803 – 1840	Succeeded by William Willoughby Cole
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Grinstead 1815 – 1840	Succeeded by William Willoughby Cole