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Lord Cornwallis married the Honourable Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, in 1722. They had seven children: Lady Mary Cornwallis (6 June 1736 - 28 December 1770), married on 13 August 1769 Samuel Whitbread and had issue. Gen. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
1 de jul. de 2019 · Charles Cornwallis (December 31, 1738–October 5, 1805), was a British peer, a Member of the House of Lords and the 2nd Earl of Cornwallis, who was a trusted member of the English government. Cornwallis was sent to America to manage the military aspects of colonial government, and despite losing there, he was subsequently sent to India and Ireland to do the same.
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, KG (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805) was a British army officer and colonial administrator. In the United States and Britain, he is best remembered as one of the leading generals in the American War of Independence. His 1781 surrender to a combined American-French force at the Siege of Yorktown is often incorrectly considered the end of the war ...
Date of Birth - Death December 31, 1738 - October 5, 1805. Charles Cornwallis was born on New Years’ Eve to an English ruling class family. His father Charles, a Baron, sent Cornwallis to Eton, an exclusive private school, then to a military academy in Turin, Italy. Charles the 5th eventually bought his son an Ensign’s commission in the 1st ...
4 de set. de 2022 · Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquis and 2nd Earl Cornwallis, by John Jones after Daniel Gardner, 1793, mezzotint on paper, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-S-NPG 85 291.jpg 4,911 × 7,416; 46.05 MB
Marquess Cornwallis, als Ritter des Hosenbandordens (1798) Charles Cornwallis, 1. Marquess Cornwallis KG (* 31. Dezember 1738 in Grosvenor Square, London; † 5. Oktober 1805 in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh) war ein britischer General im Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg, der später auch als Generalgouverneur von Indien diente.
12 de set. de 2017 · On 12 September 1786, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis took charge as the Governor-General of Fort William (Bengal) and as the Commander-in-Chief of British India. This edition of This Day in History gives a brief introduction about Lord Cornwallis, the major reforms introduced by him and will highlight the Third Anglo Mysore War that took place in his tenure.
