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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 .
Cornwallis was the only son of General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, by his wife Jemima (née Jones). His mother died when he was four years old. [1] He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge, receiving his M.A. in 1795. [2]
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis; Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis; Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis; Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis; Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis; Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis
On 6 May 1688, Anne married Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, with whom she later had three children: [5] Lady Anne Scott (d. 1690), who died young. [5] Lord George Scott (1692–1693), who died young. [5] Lady Isabella Scott (d. 1747/8). [5] Anne died in 1732, aged 80; her titles passed to her grandson Francis, the son of James, Earl ...
Cornwallis's parents lived much of the time in London, his father being a Royalist and an Equerry to Charles I, while his mother was a Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen. With his parents busy at Court, Cornwallis and his three siblings were raised at Culford Hall by their grandmother, Lady Jane, who was by then married to her second husband, Sir ...
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. He died in June 1762, aged 62, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles, who became a prominent military commander and was created Marquess Cornwallis in 1792.
His grandfather was Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis, who was the MP for Eye (1660-1662). Between 1695 and 1698, he sat as Member of Parliament for Eye , as a Whig . He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk between 1698 and 1703, and the office of Joint Postmaster-General between 1715 and 1721.
Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis PC (28 December 1655 – 29 April 1698) [1] was a British politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, in which capacity he personally served as Colonel of the Suffolk Militia Horse in 1692. [2]