Arthur Cole-Hamilton

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Hon. Arthur Cole-Hamilton (born Cole; 8 August 1750 – 1810) was an Anglo-Irish politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons for Fermanagh and Enniskillen. After the Acts of Union 1800, he sat in British House of Commons for Enniskillen.[1]

Cole-Hamilton was the second son of John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence (1709–1767) of Florencecourt, County Fermanagh, and his wife, Elizabeth Montgomery. His elder brother was William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen.[2]

In 1780, he married Letitia Hamilton, daughter and heiress of Claud Hamilton, MP in the Irish Parliament, and appended her surname. They had one surviving son and three daughters:[2][3]

  • Claud William Cole-Hamilton (1781–1822), High Sheriff of Tyrone in 1811, married Nichola Sophia Chaloner
  • Letitia Cole-Hamilton (5 January 1782 – 1853), married Major Randall Stafford
  • Elizabeth Ann Cole-Hamilton (October 1785 – 1849), married Henry Slade
  • Isabella Cole-Hamilton (October 1788 – 1827)

References[]

  1. ^ "COLE HAMILTON, Hon. Arthur (1750-1810), of Beltrim Castle, co. Tyrone". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1327–1329. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  3. ^ Walford, Edward (1864). The County Families of the United Kingdom, Or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. 2. Ed. Greatly Enl. Hardwicke. p. 220. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by

Arthur Brooke
Member of Parliament for Fermanagh
1783–1790
With: Mervyn Archdall
Succeeded by
Mervyn Archdall
Viscount Cole
Preceded by
James Stewart
Member of Parliament for Enniskillen
1790–1800
With: Richard Magenis
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Constituency established
Member of Parliament for Enniskillen
1801–1802
Succeeded by
John Beresford
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Edward Barton
High Sheriff of Fermanagh
1778
Succeeded by
Lord Belmore
Preceded by
Samuel Galbraith
High Sheriff of Tyrone
1792
Succeeded by
Charles Crawford


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