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Edward Cornwallis (5 March [O.S. 22 February] 1713 – 14 January 1776) was a British career military officer and member of the aristocratic Cornwallis family, who reached the rank of Lieutenant General.
13 de ene. de 2008 · Edward Cornwallis, founder of Halifax in 1749, governor of Nova Scotia from 1749-52, military leader and governor of Gibraltar from 1762-76, (born 22 February 1713 in London, England; died 23 January 1776 in Gibraltar).
CORNWALLIS, EDWARD, army officer and colonial administrator; founder of Halifax, Nova Scotia; b. 22 Feb. 1712/13 in London, England, sixth son of Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis, and Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran; m.
CCGS Kopit Hopson 1752, formerly CCGS Edward Cornwallis, is a Martha L. Black-class icebreaker of the Canadian Coast Guard. She serves as a light icebreaker and buoy tender on the East Coast of Canada. Entering service in 1986, the vessel is homeported at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
16 de feb. de 2018 · Edward Cornwallis is honoured as the founder of Halifax. A British military leader who issued bounties on Mi’kmaw scalps, his statue in a city park named in his honour has been at the centre of division and debate. For years, the Mi’kmaq have fought to have his monument removed.
13 de mar. de 2018 · Hand clutching his sword, looking east towards Great Britain, Edward Cornwallis truly looked the part of triumphant imperialist and great Nova Scotian. The contemporary defenses of Cornwallis have been shaped in the language and materials of that British imperial mythos.
Edward Cornwallis, as the incoming governor of what the British referred to as Nova Scotia, had no reason to be in doubt as to the significance of relations with the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, or Passamaquoddy.
