The name commemorates Lady Frances Cole (died 1847), wife of the Cape Colony governor Lowry Cole.
The fortifications here date from the time of Henry VIII; Tilbury Fort remained in military use until 1950, but the office of Governor was discontinued upon the death of Sir Lowry Cole in 1842.
Frances Cole played a prominent part in social philanthropy in the Cape and worked towards having Coloured children taught useful trades.
The following year he was cited as one of two co-respondents in the case for divorce brought by Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Bt., a former M.P., against his wife, Harriet, in which Prince Albert Edward, The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), was called to give evidence.
Cole was a son of The 4th Earl of Enniskillen and was a brother of The Hon. G.L.E. Cole (1881-1929).
General Lowry Cole sent a dispatch to Wellington to say that a French army of about 35,000 men had forced him from his defensive position and that he was falling back.
The new pass was opened on 6 July 1830, and named after Lowry Cole, the Governor of the Cape Colony at the time.
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