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Also Known As edit

  • Family name: Cole
  • Earl of Enniskillen
    • William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (31 March 1840 – 12 November 1886)[1]
    • Lowry Egerton Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen (12 November 1886 – 28 April 1924)
  • Viscountess Cole, a courtesy title for the eldest son of the Earl of Enniskillen
    • Charlotte Marion Baird Cole (1869 – 12 November 1886)
  • Viscount Cole
    • Lowry Egerton Cole (1850 – 12 November 1886)
    • John Henry Michael Cole (12 November 1886 – )

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies edit

Timeline edit

1869 July 12, Lowry Egerton Cole and Charlotte Marion Baird married.[2]

1870, Lowry Egerton Cole was named as co-respondent (along with Albert Edward, Prince of Wales) in the Mordaunt divorce case.[3]

1875, the Mordaunt case was ultimately decided and the divorce granted because Lowry Egerton Cole did not dispute his paternity of Harriet Mordaunt's daughter Violet.[3]

1897 July 2, Friday, The Earl and Countess of Enniskillen and their daughter Lady Florence Anne Cole attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House. (Lowry Egerton Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen is #208 on the list of people who attended; Charlotte, Countess Inneskillen is #597; Lady Florence Cole is #239.)

1899 July 11, Florence Anne Cole and Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere of Vale Royal married.[4]

1907 April 11, John Henry Michael Cole and Irene Frances Mundy married.[5]

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball edit

 
Hortense de Beauharnais
 
Florence Cole as Hortense Beauharnais. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

The Earl and Countess of Enniskillen edit

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Lowry Egerton Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen sat at Table 12 in the first supper seating, escorting the Duchess of Somerset.[6]

Charlotte, Countess Inneskillen also attended.

Lady Florence Cole edit

Lafayette's portrait of "Florence Anne (née Cole), Lady Delamere as Hortense Beauharnais" in costume is photogravure #266 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[7] The printing on the portrait says, "Lady Florence Cole as Hortense Beauharnais."[8]

Hortense de Beauharnais (10 April 1783 – 5 October 1837) was Queen Consort of Holland, married to Lois Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon I.[9] The portrait of her (left) is not the original for Lady Cole's dress, but she looks more similar to Lady Cole's age in it and less regal than she does in many of her other portraits. It is in a private collection.[10]

Demographics edit

  • Nationality: Irish

Family edit

  • Lowry Egerton Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen (21 December 1845 – 28 April 1924)[3]
  • Harriet Mordaunt (sexual relationship outside marriage)
  1. Violet Mordaunt (1869–1928)
  • Charlotte Marion Baird Cole ( – 30 January 1937)[2]
  1. William Willoughby Cole (26 June 1870 – 28 June 1870)
  2. Charlotte Jane Christian Cole (5 March 1872 – 27 April 1892)
  3. Kathleen Mary Cole (25 November 1873 – 17 June 1956)
  4. Marion Cole (22 December 1874 – 30 December 1874)
  5. John Henry Michael Cole, 5th Earl of Enniskillen (10 September 1876 –19 February 1963)
  6. Florence Anne Cole (3 February 1878 – 17 May 1914)
  7. Muriel Augusta Mary Cole (28 April 1879 – 21 April 1880)
  8. Galbraith Lowry Egerton Cole (8 March 1881 – 6 October 1929)
  9. Reginald Berkeley Cole (26 November 1882 – 27 April 1925)


  • John Henry Michael Cole, 5th Earl of Enniskillen (10 September 1876 –19 February 1963)[11]
  • Irene Frances Mundy Cole ( – 15 August 1937)[5]
    1. Lady Ann Florence Vernay Cole (12 December 1910 – )
    2. Lady Frances Jane Cole (16 December 1914 – )
    3. Lady Kathleen Irene Cole (17 May 1919 – 2 July 1976)
    4. Michael Galbraith Lowry Cole, Viscount Cole (21 November 1921 – 26 August 1956)


  • Florence Anne Cole (3 February 1878 – 17 May 1914)[4]
  • Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere of Vale Royal (28 April 1870 – 13 November 1931)[12]
  1. Thomas Pitt Hamilton Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere of Vale Royal (19 August 1900 – 13 April 1979)

Biographical Materials edit

  1. The Irish Archives Resource links to an Enniskillen Papers in the Repository at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland: Archive Reference: GB 0255 PRONI/D1702:[13] D1702/9 Scrapbooks, sketchbooks, and newspaper cutting books D1702/10 Diaries and passports D1702/11 Photograph albums and photographs D1702/12 Correspondence

Notes and Questions edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ↑ "William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Charlotte Marion Baird." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Lowry Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen". Wikipedia. 2020-11-25. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lowry_Cole,_4th_Earl_of_Enniskillen&oldid=990649811. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Lady Florence Anne Cole." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Irene Frances Mundy." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  6. ↑ "Fancy Dress Ball at Devonshire House." Morning Post Saturday 3 July 1897: 7 [of 12], Col. 4a–8 Col. 2b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970703/054/0007.
  7. ↑ "Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers." 1899. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?set=515.
  8. ↑ "Lady Florence Cole as Hortense Beauharnais." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158629/Florence-Anne-ne-Cole-Lady-Delamere-as-Hortense-Beauharnais.
  9. ↑ "Hortense de Beauharnais". Wikipedia. 2021-12-12. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hortense_de_Beauharnais&oldid=1059888582.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortense_de_Beauharnais.
  10. ↑ Gérard, François (1800s), Hortense de Beauharnais, retrieved 2022-01-12. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hortense_de_beauharnais.jpg.
  11. ↑ "John Henry Michael Cole, 5th Earl of Enniskillen." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  12. ↑ "Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere of Vale Royal." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  13. ↑ "Enniskillen papers". Irish Archives Resource. Retrieved 2024-05-07. https://iar.ie/archive/enniskillen-papers/.
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