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Charles Cornwallis (ur. 31 grudnia 1738 w Grosvenor Square, w Londynie, zm. 5 października 1805 w Ghazipur, Indie Brytyjskie) – brytyjski polityk, gubernator Indii w latach 1782–1782, 1786–1794 i w 1805 roku.
Charles Cornwallis, 1º Marquês Cornwallis KG (31 de dezembro de 1738 — 5 de outubro de 1805) foi um alto oficial do exército britânico e magistrado colonial. Ele é mais reconhecido nos Estados Unidos e no Reino Unido por seu papel na guerra de independência americana , onde ele comandou os exércitos ingleses durante parte do conflito.
8 de dic. de 2022 · Who was Charles Cornwallis, Britain’s commander of the Southern Armies in the Revolutionary War? A respected and long serving general, his doomed attempts to...
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Lord Charles Cornwallis, son of the English Baron of Eye, attended the famous Eton preparatory school and then a military academy in Italy. King Charles V bought his commission as an officer—that’s how it was done in those days, though not usually paid for by the king! He fought in Germany during the Seven Years’ War, known here as the ...
Charles Cornwallis. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (December 31, 1738 – October 5, 1805) was a British military commander and colonial governor. In the United States, he is best remembered as a British general in the American War of Independence. As a member of the House of Lords he had supported most of the colonialists demands ...
Charles Cornwallis, I marchese Cornwallis (Londra, 31 dicembre 1738 – Ghazipur, 5 ottobre 1805), è stato un generale, nobile e politico britannico.. Ufficiale del British Army preparato e capace, dimostrò buone qualità di comando durante la guerra d'indipendenza americana dove peraltro, dopo una serie di brillanti vittorie soprattutto negli Stati meridionali degli Stati Uniti, finì per ...
Cornwallis överlåt dock av skam kapitulationsakten till sin vice befälhavare, Charles O'Hara. På William Pitts enträgna begäran lät Cornwallis sig 1786 utnämnas till generalguvernör i Ostindien , där han lyckosamt kämpade mot Tippo Sahib 1790–92 och tvang honom att avträda en stor del av sitt område. 1793 återkom han till Storbritannien och blev upphöjd till markis .
