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Capt. Hon. Henry Cornwallis (10 September 1740 – 1761) Bishop James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis; Adm. Sir William Cornwallis, RN (1744–1819) Lady Elizabeth Cornwallis (d. 20 March 1796), married Bowen Southwell in July 1753; Lady Charlotte Cornwallis (d. 11 March 1794), married 8 April 1756 Bishop Spencer Madan and had issue.
Earl Cornwallis was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1753 for Charles Cornwallis, 5th Baron Cornwallis. The second Earl was created Marquess Cornwallis but this title became extinct upon the death of the second marquessate in 1823, while the earldom and its subsidiary titles became extinct in 1852 (the barony was recreated in ...
The Cornwallis family are an English aristocratic family headed by the Baron Cornwallis. The family was previously headed by the Earls and Marquesses of Cornwallis . Subcategories
The title of Earl of Cornwall was created several times in the Peerage of England before 1337, when it was superseded by the title Duke of Cornwall, ...
Cornwallis married, first, Lucy Neville, daughter of John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer and Lucy Somerset. After her death, he married Jane Mewtas. [1] She was a lady in waiting to Anne of Denmark and as a wedding gift the queen gave her a jewel studded with diamonds made by George Heriot. [4] The Cornwallis family lived at Brome Hall near Diss in ...
Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel was a competitor for old paintings. It is not clear from the letters if any old portraits changed hands. [7] Jane's son by her first marriage, Frederick Cornwallis, married Elizabeth Ashburnham, daughter of Sir John Ashburnham and Elizabeth Villiers, at court in January 1631. His mother did not attend because ...
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, KG, PC (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator. In the United States and the United Kingdom, he is best known as one of the leading British general officers in the American War of Independence .
His first wife was Jane Paget, a daughter of William Paget, 1st Baron Paget. Her brother Thomas Paget was married to Nazareth Newton, a lady in waiting. Thomas and Jane had no children. His second wife was Elizabeth Cornwallis (d. 1628), the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Cornwallis (d. 1604).