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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis, served as a general in the British Army during the American War for Independence. Cornwallis held commands in the colonies throughout the duration of the war and was frequently George Washington’s battlefield counterpart. He is best known for his surrender at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, which effectively ended hostilities and led ...
January 1662. Signature. 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 ...
Charles Cornwallis, 1er marquis Cornwallis, né le 31 décembre 1738 à Londres (à Grosvenor Square) et décédé le 5 octobre 1805 à Gauspur près de Ghazipur dans le Nord de l' Inde 1, est un général britannique connu comme commandant des troupes britanniques lors du siège de Yorktown pendant la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis.
27 de out. de 2009 · Charles Cornwallis was a British general in the American Revolution who notched wins in New York and Philadelphia before his defeat at the Battle of Yorktown.
His grandfather was Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis, who was the MP for Eye (1660-1662). Between 1695 and 1698, he sat as Member of Parliament for Eye, as a Whig. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk between 1698 and 1703, and the office of Joint Postmaster-General between 1715 and 1721. The last two years of his life, from ...
11 de abr. de 2023 · December 31, 1738–October 5, 1805. Charles Cornwallis was a British soldier and General during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Despite many successes during the war, he was unable to defeat American forces and their French allies, which led to his surrender at Yorktown, Virginia in October 1781. Lord Charles Cornwallis.
