Background
Cole was the son of William Willoughby Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen.
Cole was the son of William Willoughby Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen.
Both times, he chose to sit for the latter and represented the constituency in the Irish House of Commons until the Acting of Union in 1801.
In 1790 and in 1798, he was elected for Sligo Borough and Fermanagh. After the Union, Cole was subsequently returned to the British House of Commons for Fermanagh, a seat he held until 1803, when he succeeded his father as earl. He was also Lord Lieutenant of County Fermanagh and sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative Peer from 1804 to 1840.
Lord Enniskillen married Lady Charlotte Paget, daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, in 1805.
They had five children:
William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807–1886)
Lieutenant-Colonel Honorary Henry Arthur Cole (14 February 1809 – 2 July 1890)
Lady Jane Anne Louisa Florence Cole (27 July 1811 – 23 March 1831)
Honorary
John Lowry Cole (8 June 1813 – 28 November 1882)
Honorary Lowry Balfour Cole (6 June 1815 – 14 January 1818).
1st United Kingdom Parliament. 2nd United Kingdom Parliament.