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Anti-invasion preparations. 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.
Died. 23 June 1762. ( 1762-06-24) (aged 62) Nationality. British. Spouse. Hon. Elizabeth Townshend (d. 1785) Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis PC (29 March 1700 – 23 June 1762), styled The Honourable Charles Cornwallis until 1722 and known as The Lord Cornwallis between 1722 and 1753, was a British peer.
British General Charles Cornwallis, the Earl Cornwallis, was appointed in February 1786 to serve as both Commander-in-Chief of British India and Governor of the Presidency of Fort William, also known as the Bengal Presidency. He oversaw the consolidation of British control over much of peninsular India, setting the stage for the British Raj.
Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis. 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]
British. Spouse. Lady Louisa Gordon. Alma mater. St John's College, Cambridge. Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis (19 October 1774 – 9 August 1823), styled Viscount Brome until 1805, was a British Tory politician. He served as Master of the Buckhounds between 1807 and 1823.
He was probably born at his father's house of Brome Hall, Suffolk. [1] Nothing is known of Cornwallis till 11 July 1603, when he was knighted. In 1604 he was Member of Parliament for Norfolk. [2] Early in 1605 he was sent as resident ambassador to Spain.
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
Liberal (1859–77) Spouse. Lady Jemima Cornwallis. . . ( m. 1824 – 1856) . Alma mater. Christ Church, Oxford. Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans KP GCB PC DL (29 August 1798 – 7 October 1877; styled Lord Elliot from 1823 to 1845) was a British politician and diplomat.