Family and Education
b. 1 May 1772, 2nd s. of William Willoughby, 1st earl of Enniskillen [I] (d. 1803), and Anne, da. of Galbraith Lowry (later Lowry Corry), MP [I], of Ahenis, co. Tyrone; bro. of Hon. Arthur Henry Cole* and John Willoughby Cole, Visct. Cole†. educ. R. sch. Armagh; Portarlington; Stuttgart Univ. 1790. m. 15 June 1815, Lady Frances Harris, da. of James Harris†, 1st earl of Malmesbury, 3s. 4da. suc. fa. to Marlbank 1803; KB 1 Feb. 1813; GCB 2 Jan. 1815. d. 5 Oct. 1842. Not 4 Oct. (The Times, 6, 7 Oct. 1842).
Offices Held
MP [I] 1797 – 1800.
Cornet 12 Drag. 1787; lt. 5 Drag. 1791; capt. 70 Ft. 1792; maj. 102 Ft. 1793; lt.-col. Ward’s Ft. 1794, Villettes’s Ft. 1799, half-pay 1802; col. army 1801; capt. and lt.-col. 3 Ft. Gds. 1803; lt.-col. 27 Ft. 1804; brig.-gen. 1806; maj.-gen. 1808; col. 103 Ft. 1812; lt.-gen. 1813; col. 70 Ft. 1814, 34 Ft. 1816, 27 Ft. 1826 – d.; gen. 1830.
Gov. Gravesend and Tilbury 1818 – d., Mauritius 1822 – 28, Cape of Good Hope 1828–33.
Main residence: Marlbank, co. Fermanagh, [I].
Notes
See Mems. of Sir Lowry Cole ed. M.L. Cole and S. Gwynn (1934) and K.S. Hunt, Sir Lowry Cole (1974).
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Commons 1820-1832
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COLE, Sir Galbraith Lowry (1772-1842)
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