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British Army officer (1738–1805)
General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis
Earldom in the Peerage of Great Britain
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
Earl_Cornwallis
British peer
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
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis
Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Earl_Cornwallis
British clergyman and peer
James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis (25 February 1743 – 20 January 1824) was a British clergyman and peer. He was the third son of Charles Cornwallis, 1st
James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis
James_Cornwallis,_4th_Earl_Cornwallis
British Army general (1713–1776)
Edward Cornwallis (5 March 1713– 14 January 1776) was a British Army officer and member of the aristocratic Cornwallis family. After Cornwallis fought
Edward_Cornwallis
Bastion fort in George Town, Penang, Malaysia
late 18th century. Named after the then Lieutenant-General The 2nd Earl Cornwallis (1738–1805), the Governor-General of Bengal at the time of the fort's
Fort_Cornwallis
Title in Peerages of England and UK
made Earl Cornwallis and Marquess Cornwallis, but these titles are now extinct. For information on the first creation, see the Earl Cornwallis. The second
Baron_Cornwallis
British politician
Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis (19 October 1774 – 9 August 1823), styled Viscount Brome until 1805, was a British Tory politician. He served
Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis
Charles_Cornwallis,_2nd_Marquess_Cornwallis
British politician
James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis (20 September 1778 – 21 May 1852), known as James Cornwallis until 1814 and as James Mann between 1814 and 1823 and styled
James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis
James_Mann,_5th_Earl_Cornwallis
Earl Cornwallis was a three-decker East Indiaman launched in 1783 on the River Thames. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC)
Earl_Cornwallis_(1783_ship)
British Army officer in India
British General Charles Cornwallis, the Earl Cornwallis, was appointed in February 1786 to serve as both Commander-in-Chief of British India and Governor
Cornwallis_in_India
Painting by Thomas Gainsborough
shows the British general Charles, Earl Cornwallis. It is held in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Cornwallis had recently served in the American
Portrait_of_Lord_Cornwallis
British Army officer in the American War of Independence
Charles, Earl Cornwallis (1738–1805) was a military officer who served in the British Army during the American War of Independence. He is best known for
Cornwallis_in_North_America
Earldom in the Peerage of Great Britain
family was William Cornwallis-West (1835–1917), who was the grandson of the Hon. Frederick West, youngest son of the second Earl. Cornwallis-West was the father
Earl_De_La_Warr
British Army officer
Baron Cornwallis. Cornwallis was the grandson of James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis; the great-grandson of James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis; the 2nd
Fiennes_Cornwallis
Royal Navy officer and politician (1744–1819)
Admiral Sir William Cornwallis, GCB (20 February 1744 – 5 July 1819) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. Cornwallis took part in a number of decisive
William_Cornwallis
Campaign from the American Revolution
Franco-American victory: after the surrender of British Lt. Gen. Charles, Earl Cornwallis on October 17, the government of Lord North fell, and its replacement
Siege of Yorktown order of battle
Siege_of_Yorktown_order_of_battle
1791 siege of the Third Anglo-Mysore War
Anglo-Mysore War by forces of the British East India Company, led by Charles, Earl Cornwallis against a Mysorean garrison, while Tipu Sultan, Mysore's ruler, harried
Siege_of_Bangalore
Agreement between the East India Company and landlords of Bengal
Charles, Earl Cornwallis. It formed one part of a larger body of legislation that later came to be called the Cornwallis Code. The Cornwallis Code of 1793
Permanent_Settlement
British general during the American War of Independence (1754–1833)
extracts of those parts of his correspondence with Lord George Germain, Earl Cornwallis, Rear Admiral Graves, &c., which are referred to therein. London: Printed
Banastre_Tarleton
1792 siege in Mysore, India
had prevented company forces under Charles Cornwallis from besieging his capital, Seringapatam. Cornwallis, whose army had been desperately short of provisions
Siege_of_Seringapatam_(1792)
Irish politician
In July 1753, he married Lady Elizabeth Cornwallis, oldest daughter of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis. Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2006). MPs in
Bowen_Southwell
joined on 28 April 1772. Earl Cornwallis from 1762; created Marquess Cornwallis (1792). Created Marquess Wellesley (1799). Earl of Moira prior to being
List of governors-general of India
List_of_governors-general_of_India
British politician
Cornwallis Maude, 1st Earl de Montalt (4 April 1817 – 9 January 1905), styled The Honourable Cornwallis Maude until 1856 and known as The Viscount Hawarden
Cornwallis Maude, 1st Earl de Montalt
Cornwallis_Maude,_1st_Earl_de_Montalt
2000 film by Roland Emmerich
the battle, Tavington orders an unsanctioned charge, infuriating Cornwallis. Cornwallis orders all his regiments to charge the fleeing rebels, only to send
The_Patriot_(2000_film)
Grade I listed English country house
James Cornwallis, Bishop of Lichfield, who was the widowed husband of Mann's older sister, Catherine. Cornwallis became the fourth Earl Cornwallis on the
Linton_Park
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
as other towns in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Thomas Jefferson, the Earl Cornwallis, the Marquis de Lafayette, General Peter Muhlenberg, Stonewall Jackson
Short_Pump,_Virginia
Topics referred to by the same term
British politician Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis (1700–1762), British peer Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805), British Army
Charles Cornwallis (disambiguation)
Charles_Cornwallis_(disambiguation)
British Army officer and politician
Cornwallis was the third son of Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis, and his wife Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of
Stephen_Cornwallis
Jemima nee Tullekens. His sister, Jemima Jones, married Charles, 2nd Earl Cornwallis. "JONES SKELTON, Arnoldus (C.1750-93), of Branthwaite, Cumb. | History
Arnoldus_Jones_Skelton
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
elements of the British forces. Cornwallis had roughly 2,239 men, including Loyalist militia and Volunteers of Ireland. Cornwallis also had the highly experienced
Battle_of_Camden
British peer, politician and notable Freemason
1862, he married Julia Mann (the only daughter of the James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis) in Linton, Kent. In 1868 Holmesdale became MP for the new Mid Kent
William Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst
William_Amherst,_3rd_Earl_Amherst
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Cornwallis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805) was a British Army officer and colonial
Cornwallis_(disambiguation)
Historic house in South Carolina, United States
Carrington (for Gen. Nathanael Greene) and Capt. Frederick Cornwallis (for Gen. Earl Cornwallis). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Pegues_Place
British politician and diplomat (1798–1877)
infancy Hon. Elizabeth Harriet Cornwallis Eliot (24 August 1833 – 16 March 1835), died in infancy Henry Cornwallis Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans (11 February
Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans
Edward_Eliot,_3rd_Earl_of_St_Germans
Australian pirate (1778–1818?)
England before she was boarded onto a ship. Badger arrived on the Earl Cornwallis in 1801. By August 1803 she had served her sentence and was a free
Charlotte_Badger
British general (1744–1808)
University Press. p. 39. ISBN 0521661099. Quinn, James (2012). "Cornwallis, Charles Earl Cornwallis". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake
Gerard_Lake,_1st_Viscount_Lake
British politician
Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis PC (28 December 1655 – 29 April 1698) was an English politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and
Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis
Charles_Cornwallis,_3rd_Baron_Cornwallis
Jamaican nurse
references suggesting that she and Captain Cornwallis were lovers. When freed she was appointed by Cornwallis as his housekeeper whilst he remained in Jamaica
Cubah_Cornwallis
British politician
Colonel William Cornwallis Cornwallis-West, VD, JP, DL (20 March 1835 – 4 July 1917) was a British landowner, politician for seven years from 1885 and
William_Cornwallis-West
Earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Gordon Cornwallis Eliot, 4th Earl of St Germans (1829–1881) Henry Cornwallis Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans (1835–1911) John Granville Cornwallis Eliot
Earl_of_St_Germans
Conflict in India (1790–1792)
Governor Holland, much to Cornwallis' dismay, engaged in negotiations with Tipu rather than mobilising the military. Cornwallis was on the brink of going
Third_Anglo-Mysore_War
British politician (1675–1721/1722)
Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis, PC (1675 – 20 January 1721/22) was a British politician. He was the son of Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis
Charles_Cornwallis,_4th_Baron_Cornwallis
List of ships with the same or similar names
borne the name Cornwallis, for Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis: Two have an association with British East India Company. Cornwallis (1787 ship)
Cornwallis_(ship)
1792 treaty ending the Third Anglo-Mysore War
to all sides, Cornwallis entered into negotiations with Tipu to end the conflict. The resulting treaty was signed on 18 March. Cornwallis had hoped to
Treaty_of_Seringapatam
Irish noble (1821–1906)
Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot, daughter of Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans, and his wife Lady Jemima Cornwallis. Together they had
Walter Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough
Walter_Ponsonby,_7th_Earl_of_Bessborough
Colonial New York tavern
Gowanus Road toward Brooklyn. Other British forces under General Charles Earl Cornwallis and Hessians under General Leopold Philip de Heister were already in
Red_Lion_Inn_(Brooklyn)
1781 military campaign of the American Revolutionary War
more troops to Cornwallis. The siege of Yorktown began on September 28, 1781. In a step that probably shortened the siege, Cornwallis decided to abandon
Yorktown_campaign
joined on 28 April 1772 Earl Cornwallis from 1762; created Marquess Cornwallis in 1792. Created Marquess Wellesley in 1799. Earl of Moira prior to being
List of governors of the Bengal Presidency
List_of_governors_of_the_Bengal_Presidency
1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War
Phillips before General Charles, Earl Cornwallis, arrived in late May with his southern army to take command. In June, Cornwallis marched to Williamsburg, where
Battle_of_the_Chesapeake
British Earl
Henry Cornwallis Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans DL (11 February 1835 – 24 September 1911) was an English peer. Henry Cornwallis Eliot was born in London
Henry Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans
Henry_Eliot,_5th_Earl_of_St_Germans
Governor-General of Bengal, 1773–1785
by Clive of India, Hastings resigned. He was replaced by the Earl Cornwallis; Cornwallis served as Commander-in-Chief of British India and Governor of
Warren_Hastings
British brewer and politician (1720–1796)
Hayward. He married secondly Lady Mary Cornwallis (1736–70), eldest daughter of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis, with whom he had one daughter, Mary
Samuel_Whitbread_(1720–1796)
British administrator in India (1745–1821)
the gross corruption indulged in by the company's officials, and Lord Cornwallis, an impartial critic, denounces his government as 'a system of the dirtiest
Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet
Sir_John_Macpherson,_1st_Baronet
Ceremonial role at the Tower of London
the Tower Hamlets and Lieutenant of the Tower, whereas Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, made Constable in 1715, did not replace Compton as Lord Lieutenant
Constable_of_the_Tower
American-born British socialite (1854–1921)
Randolph Churchill. Cornwallis-West doted on Jennie, amorously nicknaming her "pussycat". However, they drifted apart and Cornwallis-West, who was a financial
Lady_Randolph_Churchill
Anglo-Saxon "earl" in England. Until the reign of Edward III in the 14th century, the peerage of England consisted exclusively of earls and barons. It
List_of_earldoms
British aristocrat
John Granville Cornwallis Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans, MC (11 June 1890 – 22 March 1922) was a British aristocrat. St Germans was born at 13 Grosvenor
John Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans
John_Eliot,_6th_Earl_of_St_Germans
Village in Kent, England
home to Sir Horatio Mann, the fourth and fifth Earls Cornwallis and Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis. It served as headquarters to the army encampment
Linton,_Kent
Second Durrani Emperor (r. 1772–1793)
an invasion and wrote letters to the English authorities, including Earl Cornwallis, and pleaded for a quick restoration of Shah Alam II to the throne
Timur_Shah_Durrani
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
commuted to seven years transportation. He arrived in Sydney Cove on the Earl Cornwallis on 6 June 1801. Fidden purchased his own land at Killara in 1821. Fidden
Fiddens_Wharf
British-German nobelwoman (1873–1943)
Born Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West at Ruthin Castle in Denbighshire, Wales, she was the daughter of Col. William Cornwallis-West (1835–1917) and his
Daisy,_Princess_of_Pless
British statesman (1674–1738)
December 1785) married Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis on 28 November 1722. They were the parents of General Cornwallis, who commanded the British
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Charles_Townshend,_2nd_Viscount_Townshend
Country house in Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England
James Cornwallis. Cornwallis later became Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry and was briefly the 4th Earl Cornwallis. His son, James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis
Boughton_Place
1777 battle of the American Revolutionary War
Princeton. Cornwallis arrived and was convinced by Grant and Carl von Donop to attack Trenton with their combined forces. By January 1, 1777, Cornwallis and
Battle_of_the_Assunpink_Creek
Grade II listed Building in Eccleshall
1810 after permission for its construction was given by James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis, then Bishop of Lichfield, who lived at Eccleshall Castle and
Eagle_House,_Eccleshall
British Army officer and politician
Lennox (6 December 1765 – 20 January 1841), married Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst. Despite the Hanoverian side taken by his father, George made an
Lord_George_Lennox
Scottish politician and military leader
1610 he argued over the precedency of seating of his wife, Anne Cornwallis, with the Earl of Pembroke, at a dinner hosted by Lady Hatton. King James commanded
Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll
Archibald_Campbell,_7th_Earl_of_Argyll
Reverend James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis. Their son James Cornwallis, assumed by royal licence the surname of Mann in lieu of Cornwallis in 1814. In
Mann baronets of Linton Hall (1755)
Mann_baronets_of_Linton_Hall_(1755)
William Gordon Cornwallis Eliot, 4th Earl of St Germans (14 December 1829 – 19 March 1881), known as Lord Eliot from 1864 to 1877, was a British diplomat
William Eliot, 4th Earl of St Germans
William_Eliot,_4th_Earl_of_St_Germans
British politician (1864–1935)
Wykeham Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis, CBE, TD, JP, DL (27 May 1864 – 26 September 1935) was a British Conservative politician. Cornwallis was born
Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis
Fiennes_Cornwallis,_1st_Baron_Cornwallis
List of events
Clarke writes the Prince of Denmark's March. 29 March – Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis (died 1762) April – John Wyatt, inventor (died 1766) 4 May
1700_in_England
the Revolutionary War, it was the headquarters of General Charles Earl Cornwallis and his officers in early June 1781. Troops destroyed or took provisions
Mount_Brilliant
created Earl of Clarendon in 1661 Baron Ashley 1661 Ashley-Cooper extant Created Earl of Shaftesbury in 1672. Baron Cornwallis 1661 Cornwallis extinct
List of baronies in the Peerage of England
List_of_baronies_in_the_Peerage_of_England
Name list
Horatio Mann, 2nd Baronet, and of Catherine Mann, wife of James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis Galfred Congreve (fl. 1850–1881), Scottish amateur footballer
Galfrid
British statesman (1749–1806)
strains of office and the disastrous American War in March 1782, after Earl Cornwallis surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown, and was gingerly replaced with
Charles_James_Fox
wounded (mw) = mortally wounded (k) = killed in action LTG Charles, Earl Cornwallis MG Alexander Leslie, second in command MG Nathanael Greene BG Isaac
Battle of Guilford Court House order of battle
Battle_of_Guilford_Court_House_order_of_battle
British ship (built 1793)
tons of coal from Newcastle, New South Wales. This was loaded on the Earl Cornwallis, which took the coal to Whampoa. This is believed to have been the
Francis_(1793)
Day of the year
York. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown. 1797 – Treaty of Campo Formio
October_17
British landowner and politician
Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, KB (17 June 1697 – 20 April 1759) was a British landowner and politician. He is particularly noted for commissioning
Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)
Thomas_Coke,_1st_Earl_of_Leicester_(fifth_creation)
British Army officer
December 1850); married 17 April 1795 in London, Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis, and had issue. Allegedly, when the Marquess had "expressed
Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon
Alexander_Gordon,_4th_Duke_of_Gordon
Governor-General of India
of the government of Bengal. Many of the reforms instituted by Charles Cornwallis were attributable to Shore's influence in the council. In the summer of
John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth
John_Shore,_1st_Baron_Teignmouth
Calendar year
Gaston, American politician (d. 1844) September 20 James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis of Great Britain (d. 1852) Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian
1778
British statesman and admiral (1900–1979)
Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), commonly
Lord_Mountbatten
English cricketer
significant Kent patron of cricket, and as a gamekeeper, including for Earl Cornwallis. He later became a farmer. He died at Bethersden in Kent in 1865 aged
George_Ring
1761 battle
Forresters) Lieutenant-Colonel (brevet) Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis (later 1st Marquess Cornwallis), 12th Regiment of Foot Major General George
Battle_of_Villinghausen
viscountcies are held by peers with higher titles, such as duke, marquess or earl; this can come about for a number of reasons, including the title being created
List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
List_of_viscountcies_in_the_peerages_of_Britain_and_Ireland
British peer and Whig politician
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis). Before her death on 20 September 1818, they were the parents of one child: Charles George Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough
Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough
Charles_Noel,_1st_Earl_of_Gainsborough
English aristocrat
7th Earl of St Germans (22 September 1867 – 20 November 1942) was an English aristocrat. Granville Eliot was the son of Charles George Cornwallis Eliot
Granville Eliot, 7th Earl of St Germans
Granville_Eliot,_7th_Earl_of_St_Germans
Indian provisional government in Japanese-occupied Singapore during World War II
joined on 28 April 1772. Earl Cornwallis from 1762; created Marquess Cornwallis (1792). Created Marquess Wellesley (1799). Earl of Moira prior to being
List of office-holders in India
List_of_office-holders_in_India
List of assistants to the monarch
6th Earl of Denbigh 1765–1765: Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis 1767–1796: John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe 1769–?: George Villiers, 4th Earl of
Lords and Gentlemen of the Bedchamber
Lords_and_Gentlemen_of_the_Bedchamber
noticing. Cornwallis found himself surrounded, and a French naval victory against the British rescue fleet dashed his hopes. The surrender of Cornwallis to Washington
Military career of George Washington
Military_career_of_George_Washington
1704 Cornwallis of Brome 1627 Cornwallis extinct 1852 created Baron Cornwallis (1661) in the Peerage of England; created the Earl Cornwallis (1753)
List of baronetcies in the Baronetage of England
List_of_baronetcies_in_the_Baronetage_of_England
EIC ship) Brunswick (1792 EIC ship) Deptford (1781 EIC ship) Earl Cornwallis (1783 ship) Earl Howe (1794 EIC ship) Exeter (1792 EIC ship) General Coote (1781
Transport vessels for the Invasion of the Cape Colony
Transport_vessels_for_the_Invasion_of_the_Cape_Colony
Title in the Peerage of Scotland
Kintyre. He was the son of Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll, by his second wife Anne Cornwallis.Campbell had already been created Lord Kintyre in
Earl_of_Irvine
Calendar year
Dutch colonial administrator (d. 1780) March 29 – Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis (d. 1762) March 30 – Thomas Pichon, French colonial agent (d
1700
December 1715 – 21 May 1722 Charles Cornwallis, 5th Baron Cornwallis, 5 July 1722 – 31 May 1740 William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey, 31 May 1740 – 26 July
Justice_in_eyre
Earl of Hertford 1750 1794 Earl of Guilford (1752) Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford 1752 1790 Earl Cornwallis (1753) Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis
List_of_peers_1780–1789
Military action in 1781
they were ordered to abandon the post by Lieutenant General Charles, Earl Cornwallis in November. In January 1781 another 1,600 troops, this time under
Skirmish_at_Waters_Creek
former Foreign Secretary. 608 Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis 1738–1805 1786 Later Marquess Cornwallis 609 John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset
List of knights and ladies of the Garter
List_of_knights_and_ladies_of_the_Garter
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