John Cole (1758–1819) was an Anglican priest and academic administrator at the University of Oxford.
[2] He served as a chaplain in the Royal Navy (HMS Royal Oak) during the American Revolutionary wars and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he gained a Master of Arts (1788), Bachelor of Divinity (1795) and Doctor of Divinity (1800).
[3] At the time of his death in 1819, Cole was pro-vice-chancellor at Oxford University, Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, Rector of Yaverland in the Isle of Wight, and Vicar of Gulval in Cornwall.
[5] He had seven sisters and five brothers - Captain Sir Christopher Cole KCB (1770–1836) was a Royal Navy officer,[6] as was Captain Francis Cole (1760-98), who was friends with Edward Pellew, whilst Samuel Cole, DD (1766-1838), became Chaplain to the Royal Hospital at Greenwich and was appointed by the King to be the Examining Chaplain of the Fleet (and also vicar of Sithney in Cornwall).
The eldest brother, Major Humphry Cole, served with the 79th Regiment of Foot and died in Jamaica.