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  2. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. File:Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.jpg - Wikipedia

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  4. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Portrait of Lord Cornwallis - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Lord Cornwallis is a 1783 portrait painting by the English artist Thomas Gainsborough depicting the British general Charles, Earl Cornwallis. [ 1 ] Cornwallis had recently served in the American War of Independence where he commanded British and Loyalist American forces during the Southern Campaign.

  6. Surrender of Lord Cornwallis - Wikipedia

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    The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis is an oil painting by John Trumbull. The painting, which was completed in 1820, now hangs in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The painting depicts the surrender of British Lieutenant General Charles, Earl Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia , on October 19, 1781, ending the siege of ...

  7. Siege of Seringapatam (1792) - Wikipedia

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    The 1792 siege of Seringapatam was a battle and siege of the Mysorean capital city of Seringapatam (Srirangapatna) at the end of the Third Anglo-Mysore War.An army led by Charles, Earl Cornwallis, consisting of British East India Company and British Army forces, along with allied forces from the Maratha Empire and the Nizam of Hyderabad, arrived at Seringapatam on 5 February 1792, and after ...

  8. Cornwallis in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, was a British general, civil administrator, and diplomat.His early career was primarily military in nature, including a series of well-known campaigns during the War of American Independence from 1776 to 1781 that culminated in his surrender at Yorktown.

  9. File:First Marquis of Cornwallis.jpg - Wikipedia

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