{{short description|English politician (1816–1885)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Henry Thomas Cole | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}} {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|QC}} | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Member of Parliament <br /> for Penryn and Falmouth | parliament = | majority = | term_start = 6 February 1874 | term_end = 2 April 1880 | alongside = David James Jenkins | predecessor = Robert Fowler<br />Edward Backhouse Eastwick | successor = David James Jenkins<br />Reginald Brett | birth_date = 1816 | birth_place = Bath, Somerset | death_date = {{death date and given age|df=yes|1885|01|05|68}} | death_place = Kensington, London | resting_place = | alma_mater = | birth_name = | party = Liberal | parents = George Cole<br />Sally Crozier | spouse = {{marriage|Georgina Stone|10 September 1846}} | children = 10 }}

'''Henry Thomas Cole''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|QC}} (1816 – 5 January 1885)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|p|1|date=January 2018}}</ref> was a Liberal Party politician.

Laycock was elected Liberal MP for Penryn and Falmouth in 1874, but stood down at the next election in 1880.<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book |title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 |date=1977 |publisher=Macmillan Press |isbn=978-1-349-02349-3 |editor1-last=Craig |editor1-first=F. W. S. |editor-link=F. W. S. Craig |edition=1st |location=London}}</ref>

Cole became a barrister in 1842, entering Middle Temple, and later became a Queen's Counsel in 1867. He was also Recorder of Penzance from 1862 to 1872, and Recorder of Plymouth and Devonport.<ref>{{cite web|title=Henry Thomas Cole|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p28460.htm#i284592|website=The Peerage|accessdate=15 January 2018}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef| before = Robert Fowler |before2 = Edward Eastwick }} {{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Penryn and Falmouth |with = David James Jenkins | years =1874–1880}} {{s-aft| after = David James Jenkins |after2= Reginald Brett}}

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