Hon. Arthur Cole-Hamilton (born Cole; 8 August 1750 – 1810) was an Anglo-Irish politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons for County 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]

Through his son Claud he was an ancestor of the clergyman Richard Cole-Hamilton, the RAF officer John Cole-Hamilton and the politician Alex Cole-Hamilton.

References

  1. ^ "COLE HAMILTON, Hon. Arthur (1750–1810), of Beltrim Castle, co. Tyrone". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. ^ 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 byJames Stewart Arthur Brooke Member of Parliament for County Fermanagh 1783–1790 With: Mervyn Archdall Succeeded byMervyn ArchdallViscount Cole Preceded byJames Stewart John McClintock Member of Parliament for Enniskillen 1790–1800 With: Richard Magenis Succeeded byParliament of the United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byConstituency established Member of Parliament for Enniskillen 1801–1802 Succeeded byJohn Beresford Honorary titles Preceded byEdward Barton High Sheriff of Fermanagh 1778 Succeeded byLord Belmore Preceded bySamuel Galbraith High Sheriff of Tyrone 1792 Succeeded byCharles Crawford


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