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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805), General and diplomat. Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 15 portraits As second-in-command of British forces during the American War of Independence, military leader Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown in 1781, bringing the conflict to a close.
Charles Cornwallis, 1. marquess Cornwallis (født 31. december 1738, død 5. oktober 1805) var en engelsk kommandant og koloniguvernør. I USA huskes han mest som britisk general i den amerikanske uafhængighedskrig.
Vida y Biografía de Charles Cornwallis. (Hables Cornwallis, primer marqués de Cornwallis, Londres, 1738-Ghazipur, 1805) Militar y gestor británico. Comandante adjunto en la guerra de América. Dirigió las tropas británicas en la guerra de Yorktown, donde, vencido su ejército, debió rendirse a las tropas francoamericanas.
Lord Cornwallis (1786–1793) Sir John Shore: Architect of Stability in British India (1793-1798) Lord Wellesley: Expansion, Wars, and Subsidiary Alliances & Financial Challenges; Ryotwari System: Impact on Farmers and Revenue; Mahalwari System: Land Revenue Impact on Peasants
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 ...
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 win hearts and minds in the Southern colonies led directly to the British defeat at Yorktown.
British General Charles Cornwallis, the Earl Cornwallis, was appointed in February 1786 to serve as both Commander-in-Chief of British India and Governor of the Presidency of Fort William, also known as the Bengal Presidency. He oversaw the consolidation of British control over much of peninsular India, setting the stage for the British Raj.
