John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence (October 13, 1709) - (November 30, 1767) was an Irish politician. Born in Dublin, he was the son of John Cole, MP for Enniskillen, whom he succeeded on the latter's death in 1726. That same year, he was admitted to Trinity College Dublin, where he was educated, and five years later was returned to the Irish House of Commons as member for Enniskillen, a seat he held until his ennoblement. Sheriff of County Fermanagh in 1732, in 1760 Cole was created Baron Mountflorence, of Florence Court in the County of Fermanagh, in the Peerage of Ireland. He took his seat in the Irish House of Lords the following year, and died six years later aged 58.
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