Henry Thomas Cole

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|name = Henry Thomas Cole

|honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}} {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|QC}}

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|office = Member of Parliament
for Penryn and Falmouth

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|term_start = 6 February 1874

|term_end = 2 April 1880

|alongside = David James Jenkins

|predecessor = Robert Fowler
Edward Backhouse Eastwick

|successor = David James Jenkins
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

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|nationality = British

|party = Liberal

|parents = George Cole
Sally Crozier

|spouse = {{marriage|Georgina Stone|10 September 1846}}

|children = 10

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Henry Thomas Cole {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|QC}} (1816 – 5 January 1885){{Rayment-hc|p|1|date=January 2018}} 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.{{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}}

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.{{cite web|title=Henry Thomas Cole|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p28460.htm#i284592|website=The Peerage|accessdate=15 January 2018}}