Lowry Egerton Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen KP (21 December 1845 – 28 April 1924), known as Viscount Cole from 1850 to 1886, was an Irish peer

Peerage of Ireland

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 and Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 Member of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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Biography

Cole was the second – but eldest surviving – son of William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen

William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen

William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen FRS , known by his courtesy title of Viscount Cole from 1807 to 1840, was a British palaeontologist and Conservative Member of Parliament....

, and Jane Casamaijor. He married Charlotte Marion Baird, daughter of Douglas Baird and his wife Charlotte Acton, in 1869.

The following year he was cited as one of two co-respondents in the case for divorce brought by Sir Charles Mordaunt

Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet

Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet was a wealthy English country gentleman, a Conservative Member of Parliament for South Warwickshire , High Sheriff of Warwickshire 1879, was notorious for involving the Prince of Wales in his divorce case.Sir Charles was married on 7 December 1866 to Harriet...

 against his wife Harriet

Harriet Mordaunt

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 in which the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) was called to give evidence. The divorce was denied as Lady Mordaunt was judged to be insane, but was finally granted in 1875 when Cole did not contest the claim that he was the father of Lady Mordaunt's daughter, Violet (1869-1928), later Marchioness of Bath

Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath

Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath KG, CB, PC, JP , styled Viscount Weymouth until 1896, was a British landowner and Conservative politician. He held ministerial office as Under-Secretary of State for India in 1905 and Master of the Horse between 1922 and 1924...

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Cole was appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh

High Sheriff of Fermanagh

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 for 1870 and then elected to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 for Enniskillen

Enniskillen (UK Parliament constituency)

Enniskillen was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.-Boundaries:...

 in 1880, a seat he held until 1885 when the constituency was abolished. The following year he succeeded his father as fourth Earl of Enniskillen and entered the House of Lords

House of Lords

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. In 1902 he was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick. He died in April 1924, aged 78, and was succeeded in his titles by his second — but eldest surviving — son John. Lady Enniskillen died in 1937.

The third son of Lord Enniskillen was the Honorable Galbraith Lowry Egerton Cole

Galbraith Lowry Egerton Cole

The Honourable Galbraith Lowry Egerton Cole was a pioneer settler and farmer of the East Africa Protectorate. Part of his Kekopey Ranch on Lake Elementaita, Kenya, where he is buried, is preserved today as the Lake Elementaita Lodge....

 (1881-1929), a pioneer settler (1905) of the East Africa Protectorate

East Africa Protectorate

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. His Kekopey Ranch on Lake Elementaita, Kenya

Kenya

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, where he is buried, is preserved today as the Lake Elementaita Lodge.