Person

Harry Robert Cole

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Alternative names
Captain, Henry Robert Cole
Gender
Assigned male at birth
Nationality
United Kingdom
Ethnicity
White
Languages
English
Occupations
Military officer

Harry was Captain of the 1st Light Dragoon Guards. He married Leticia Dormer, and their son Sir Henry Cole would go on to be the first director of the V&A Museum. He died in 1863 after receiving sixteen wounds from Irish rebels who were trying to capture Dublin Castle.

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