- GB-2014-WSA-05068
- Person
- 1811-?
COLE, ELDRED MOWBRAY, brother of William Fairfax Cole (qv); b. 20 Jun 1811; adm. 10 Jan 1825 (Stikeman's); Ensign, 54th Foot, 31 Jul 1828; 2nd Lieut., 87th Foot, 14 Aug 1828; Lieut., 27 Sep 1831; retd. 10 Jun 1836; emigrated to Cape of Good Hope; Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate, Somerset division, Cape of Good Hope Feb 1844; Native Commissioner, Cape of Good Hope, 1847; Civil Commissioner, Caledon division 1849; Auditor-General, Cape of Good Hope 1859 (still 1873); m. 31 May 1836 Helen Ling, second dau. of General von Morgel, Stellenbosch, Austria.