Earl of Enniskillen is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1789 for William Cole,1st Viscount Enniskillen. He had already been created Viscount Enniskillen in the Peerage of Ireland in 1776 and had inherited the title Baron Mountflorence,of Florence Court in the County of Fermanagh,which had been created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1760 for his father John Cole,who had earlier represented Enniskillen in the Irish House of Commons. The family are descended from the Ulster planter,Sir William Cole.
Earl Belmore is a title in the Peerage of Ireland that was created in 1797 for Armar Lowry-Corry,1st Viscount Belmore,who had previously represented County Tyrone in the Irish House of Commons. He had already been created Baron Belmore,of Castle Coole in County Fermanagh,in 1781 and Viscount Belmore in 1789,also in the Peerage of Ireland. Born Armar Lowry,he was the son of Galbraith Lowry,Member of the Irish House of Commons for County Tyrone,and his wife Sarah,daughter of Colonel John Corry. In 1774,he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Corry. He was succeeded by his eldest son,the second Earl. He represented County Tyrone in both the Irish and British House of Commons,sat in the House of Lords as an Irish representative peer from 1819 to 1841,and served as Governor of Jamaica from 1828 to 1832.
John Cole,1st Baron Mountflorence was an Irish peer and politician.
William Willoughby Cole,3rd Earl of Enniskillen,styled by the courtesy title Viscount Cole until 1840,was an Irish palaeontologist and Conservative Member of Parliament. He also served as the first Imperial Grand Master of the Orange Order from 1866 until his death. He was Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland from 1846 until his death.
Henry Bayly-Paget,1st Earl of Uxbridge,known as Henry Bayly until 1769 and as Lord Paget between 1769 and 1784,was a British peer.
Florence Court is a large 18th-century house and estate located 8 miles south-west of Enniskillen,County Fermanagh,Northern Ireland. It is set in the foothills of Cuilcagh Mountain. The nearby village is distinguished by the one-word name Florencecourt. It is owned and managed by the National Trust and is the sister property of nearby Castle Coole. The other National Trust property in County Fermanagh is the Crom Estate.
Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry,4th Earl Belmore,,styled as Viscount Corry from 1841 to 1845,was an Irish nobleman and Conservative politician who served as Governor of New South Wales from 1868 to 1872.
A list of the Lord Lieutenants of Fermanagh,located County Fermanagh of Northern Ireland,U.K.
Armar Lowry-Corry,3rd Earl Belmore,styled Viscount Corry from 1802 to 1841,was an Irish nobleman and politician.
Hugh Cholmondeley,2nd Baron Delamere,styled The Honourable from 1821 until 1855,was a British peer and politician.
Lowry Egerton Cole,4th Earl of Enniskillen,,styled Viscount Cole from 1850 to 1886,was an Irish peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.
John Henry Crichton,4th Earl Erne,,styled Viscount Crichton from 1842 to 1885,was an Anglo-Irish peer and Conservative politician.
John Crichton,3rd Earl Erne,KP,was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician.
William Willoughby Cole,1st Earl of Enniskillen,styled The Honourable from 1760 to 1767,then known as the Lord Mountflorence to 1776 and as the Viscount Enniskillen to 1789,was an Irish peer and politician.
General Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer and politician.
George James Finch-Hatton,11th Earl of Winchilsea and 6th Earl of Nottingham,styled Viscount Maidstone between 1826 and 1857,was a British peer and Tory politician.
The Custos Rotulorum of Fermanagh was the highest civil officer in County Fermanagh.
John Lowry Cole was an Irish Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Henrietta Frances de Grey,Countess de Grey was an Anglo-Irish political hostess and philanthropist.
Andrew John Gilbraith Cole,7th Earl of Enniskillen is a British peer and landowner in Kenya. He was styled Viscount Cole from 1963 to 1989,after which he was a member of the House of Lords until 1999,although he rarely attended.
