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Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis (14 March 1610/1 – January 1662) was an English peer, MP and Privy Counsellor. He was Treasurer of the Household 1660–1662. He was the eldest surviving son of Sir William Cornwallis of Brome, Suffolk, and his second wife, Jane. After his father's death, his mother married Sir Nathaniel Bacon.
Frederick Cornwallis, created a Baronet in 1627, fought for King Charles I, and followed King Charles II into exile. He was made Baron Cornwallis, of Eye in the County of Suffolk, in 1661, and by judicious marriages, his descendants increased the importance of his family. [citation needed]
1627: 1697: Created Earl of Craven, see above Baron Lovelace (1627) ... Baron Cornwallis (1661) Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis: 1661: 1662: New creation; died
The Cornwallis family descended from Frederick Cornwallis, who represented Eye and Ipswich in the House of Commons. He was created a Baronet in the Baronetage of England in 1627 and Baron Cornwallis, of Eye in the County of Suffolk, in the Peerage of England in 1661.
He died at only forty-two in 1627. The couple lived at Brome Hall in Suffolk (demolished in 1958), a Cornwallis property that Lady Cornwallis held in trust for her minor son, Frederick. [4] By 1618, the Countess of Bedford became interested in collecting early Tudor art.
Their daughter, Elizabeth, was the first wife of Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Sir John's death in 1620 left the family in financial difficulty, but Lady Ashburnham was considerably influential at court due to Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham (mother of King James's favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of ...
Frederick Cornwallis (5 March 1713 – 19 March 1783) was a British clergy member who served as Archbishop of Canterbury after a career in the Church of England. He ...
1627 425 Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange: 1584–1647 1627 426 ... Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis: 1738–1805 1786 Later Marquess Cornwallis 609