Name John 1st Education Trinity College, Dublin | Died November 30, 1767 Great grandchildren Henry Cole | |
Children William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen Grandchildren Henrietta Cole, John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen People also search for William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen, John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen, Henrietta Cole | ||
John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence (13 October 1709 – 30 November 1767) 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.