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The Bonetta sloop-of-war to be equipped, and navigated by its present captain and crew, and left entirely at the disposal of Lord Cornwallis from the hour that the capitulation is signed, to receive an aid-de-camp to carry despatches to Sir Henry Clinton; and such soldiers as he may think proper to send to New York, to be permitted to sail without examination.
Charles Cornwallis, 1.er marqués de Cornwallis, KG ( Grosvenor Square, Londres, 31 de diciembre de 1738 - Gauspur, Ghazipur, India, 5 de octubre de 1805) fue un militar y gobernador colonial inglés. Es recordado especialmente por su papel en la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos, aunque anteriormente participó en la guerra de los ...
2 de mar. de 2022 · Charles Cornwallis was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Great Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars and the building of the second British Empire in India. Focusing on the first part of his new major biography, Richard Middleton offers insight into Cornwallis’ time in America and […]
Cornwallis, Charles. Cornwallis, Charles (1738–1805), soldier and lord lieutenant of Ireland (1798–1801), was born 31 December 1738 in London, eldest son of Charles (1700–62), 1st Earl Cornwallis , and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1785), daughter of Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend. Educated at Eton and the military academy of Turin, he was ...
During the American Revolution, Lord Charles Cornwallis commanded British troops in the southern states. This is especially interesting and ironic because in England, he had voted against policies ...
Gouverneur-generaal van Brits-Indië. Charles Cornwallis, eerste Markies Cornwallis ( Londen, 31 december 1738 – Ghazipur, 5 oktober 1805) was een Britse militair en koloniaal gouverneur. Hij is bekend als Brits generaal in de Amerikaanse Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog. Het beleg van Yorktown in 1781, waarbij hij verslagen werd door een Amerikaans ...
Overview Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805) was a British military commander and colonial governor. In the United States, he is best remembered as one of the leading British generals in the American Revolutionary War. His 1781 defeat by a combined American-French force at the Siege of Yorktown is
