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by John G. Reid Read before the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society 16 January 2013. For some twenty years now, a lively controversy has flourished over the reputation of the first Halifax-based governor of Nova Scotia, Edward Corn-wallis. Was Cornwallis a courageous and far-sighted founder of Halifax and builder of colonial Nova Scotia, or ...
Cornwallis, Edward (1713-1776), governor of Nova Scotia (1749-52), was born in London, England, on February 22, 1713, the son of Charles, fourth Baron Cornwallis, and Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of the Earl of Arran.
Several other members of the Cornwallis family also gained distinction. The Hon. Edward Cornwallis, the sixth son of the fourth Baron, was a soldier and is known as "the founder of Halifax ". His younger twin brother, the Right Reverend the Hon. Frederick Cornwallis, was Archbishop of Canterbury. The Hon. William Cornwallis, younger son of the first Earl and younger brother of the first ...
Edward Cornwallis (* 22. Februar 1713 in London; † 14. Januar 1776 in Gibraltar) war ein britischer Offizier, Politiker und Kolonialgouverneur. Als Gouverneur von Nova Scotia war er Gründer von Halifax. Er führte in dieser Zeit einen Krieg gegen die Mi’kmaq. Seine spätere militärische Tätigkeit in Europa rief öffentliche Kritik hervor.
The Hon. Edward Cornwallis, the founder of Halifax, was born at 14 Leicester Square, London, on March 5th., 1713 (not Feb. 22nd., as stated by several writers). He was the sixth son of Charles, fourth Baron Cornwallis. His mother was Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of Richard Earl of Arran, and grand-daughter of James Butler, the famous first ...
Cornwallis was with Byng’s fleet in the expedition against Minorca, May 1756, and with Hawke and Mordaunt on the expedition against Rochfort, 1757, and came in for a good deal of criticism on that occasion. When in 1761 Sir George Vandeput, who had contested Westminster in 1749, once more threatened an opposition, Cornwallis wrote to ...
Having spent two years at Eton, Cornwallis entered the navy in 1755 aboard the Newark 80, Captain John Barker, serving in North American waters under Vice-Admiral the Hon. Edward Boscawen. He was present at the reduction of Louisbourg in 1758 aboard the Kingston 60, Captain William Parry, and a year later fought at the Battle of Quiberon Bay aboard the Dunkirk 60, Captain Hon. Robert Digby. In ...
