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| Born | Fanny Buttery Holder 20 June 1860 England |
| Died | 25 May 1913 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Other names | Mrs. H. Cole |
| Known for | women's rights and temperance activism |
| Spouse(s) | Herbert Cole, m. 1884 |
| Parent(s) | Fanny Buttery and Charles Holder |
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Fanny Buttery Cole (née Holder; 20 June 1860 – 25 May 1913) was a prominent temperance leader and women's rights advocate in New Zealand. Cole was a founding member then president of the Christchurch chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand (WCTU NZ) and national WCTU NZ superintendent of the Press from 1897 through 1903. In 1906 Cole was elected national president of the WCTU NZ, a position she held until her untimely death shortly before her fifty-third birthday.