Authorised form of name | Cole; William Willoughby (1807 - 1886); 3rd Earl of Enniskillen |
Dates | 1807 - 1886 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Dover Street, Piccadilly, London, England |
Date of birth | 25 January 1807 |
Place of death | Florence Court, Fermanagh |
Date of death | 12 November 1886 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Cole family vault, St Macartan's Cathedral, Enniskillen |
Activity | Education: Harrow School; Christ Church, Oxford University (1826) Career: Travelled in Europe with Sir Philip Egerton (1830), met Louis Agassiz; member of the Orange Order, first imperial Grand Master of the Order world-wide (1886); MP for Co. Fermanagh (1831-1840); Honorary Colonel, Fermanagh Militia (1875-death); Honorary Doctor of Civil Law, Oxford University; Honorary LLD, Universities of Dublin and Durham; collection of fossil fish transferred to British Museum for £3500 (1883); Memberships: FGS (1828); MRIA (1846); President Royal Geological Society of Ireland (1865)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 15/01/1829 |
Relationships | Succeeded as Earl of Enniskillen (1840); married 1. (1844) Jane Casamaijor 2. (1865) Mary Emma Broderick |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Irish Innovators Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1886 vol 41 pp ix-xi signed by R E Notes: Held courtesy title Viscount Cole until 1840. |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/93870501 |
Code | NA3520 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1829/02 | Cole, William Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
IM/Maull/000918 | Cole, William Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen | nd |
IM/Maull/000917 | Cole, William Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen | nd |
IM/000919 | Cole, William Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen | nd |
MC/1/311 | Letter from Dr. William [?] Buckland, Oxford, to the Royal Society | 8 June 1831 |
MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |