William Cornwallis
William Cornwallis
Admiral of the Red Sir William Cornwallis, was a Royal Navy officer. He was the brother of Charles Cornwallis, the 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British commander at the siege of Yorktown. Cornwallis took part in a number of decisive battles including the siege of Louisbourg in 1758, when he was 14, and the Battle of the Saintes but is best known as a friend of Lord Nelson and as the commander-in-chief of the Channel Fleet during the Napoleonic Wars. He is depicted in the Horatio Hornblower novel, Hornblower and the Hotspur.
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Male
Date of Birth
February 10th, 1744
Age
280
Date of Death
July 5th, 1819
Died Aged
75
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Brother
Elizabeth Townshend
Mother
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis
Father
Lady Mary Cornwallis
Sister
James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis
Brother
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