Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis,, styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as the Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army general and official. In the United States and the United Kingdom he is best remembered as one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence. His surrender in 1781 to a combined American and French force at the Siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North America. He later served as a civil and military governor in Ireland, where he helped bring about the Act of Union; and in India, where he helped enact the Cornwallis Code and the Permanent Settlement.
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Male
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
October 5th, 1805
Died Aged
-164
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Elizabeth Townshend
Mother
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis
Father
Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis
Son
James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis
Brother
Lady Mary Cornwallis
Sister
William Cornwallis
Brother
Jemima Cornwallis, Countess Cornwallis
Wife
Lady Mary Cornwallis
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