Sir Henry Cole

(1808-1882)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808-1882 NRA: Cole Sir Henry (1808-1882) Knight Public Servant DNB: Cole, Sir Henry (1808–1882), civil servant LBT ID: HeCole1882 VIAF ID: 77099905 LOC ID: n83184881	B/BAP: 1808-07-15 DIED: 1882-04-18
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Educated at Christ's Hospital, he was an early friend of John Stuart Mill who was instrumental in reforming the Record Office and organizing the Great Exhibition of 1851.
REFERENCES TO Sir Henry Cole: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter VII Found 2: ¶ 2 ¶ 6