Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cole, Sir Christopher
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COLE, SIR CHRISTOPHER (1770–1836)
Captain, R.N. : son of Humphrey Cole: born June 10, 1770: entered the Navy, 1780 : went to India, 1789, under Commodore William Cornwallis, and again in 1804 in the Culloden under Sir Edward Pellew : C. in C. in the E. Indies : took Sir John Malcolm on his mission to Persia, via Bushire, 1808 : relieved the garrison of Amboyna, 1810 : captured Neira, the principal of the Banda islands : thanked by the Governor-General of India : served on the Malabar coast, 1811, and against Java : D.C.L. of Oxford : knighted, 1812 : K.C.B., 1815 : M.P. for Glamorganshire, 1817–30 : died Aug. 24, 1836.