Family and Education
b. 1 May 1772, 2nd s. of William Willoughby, 1st Earl of Enniskillen [I], by Anne, da. of Galbraith Lowry (afterwards Lowry Corry), MP [I], of Athenis; bro. of John Willoughby Cole. educ. Armagh; Portarlington; Stuttgart Univ. 1790-2. m. 15 June 1815, Lady Frances Harris, da. of James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury, 1s. 2da. suc. fa. to Marlbank 1803; KB 1 Feb. 1813, GCB 2 Jan. 1815.
Offices Held
MP [I] 1797 – 1800.
Cornet 12 Drag. 1787; lt. 5 Drag. 1791; capt. 70 Ft. 1792; maj. 86 Ft. 1793; lt.-col. Ward’s Ft. 1794, 2 Ft. Gds.; col. army 1801, 3 Drag. Gds., 27 Inniskilling Fus. 1803; brig.-gen. 1806, maj.-gen. 1808; col. 103 Ft. 1812, lt.-gen. 1813; col. 70 Ft. 1814, 34 Ft. 1816, 27 Ft. 1826; gen. 1830.
Gov. Gravesend and Tilbury 1818 – d., Mauritius Aug. 1822 – Jan. 1828, Cape of Good Hope 1828–33.
Main residence: Marlbank, co. Fermanagh, [I].
Notes
M. L. Cole and S. Gwynn, Mems of Sir Lowry Cole (1934).
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Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
COLE, Hon. Galbraith Lowry (1772-1842)
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