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Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis PC (28 December 1655 – 29 April 1698) was a British politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, in which capacity he personally served as Colonel of the Suffolk Militia Horse in 1692.
Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis PC (28 December 1655 – 29 April 1698) was a British politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, in which capacity he personally served as Colonel of the Suffolk Militia Horse in 1692.
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b. c.1675, 1st s. of Charles, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, by his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Stephen Fox*, and sis. of Charles Fox*. educ. Eton c.1690–4; Camb. Univ. LL.D. 1717. m. 6 June 1699 (with £3,000), Lady Charlotte Butler (d. 1725), da. and h. of Richard, 1st Earl of Arran [I] (d. 1686), 9s. 3da. suc. fa. as 4th Baron Cornwallis 29 Apr. 1698.1
Capt. 4 Drag. Gds. 1694–7; jt. postmaster gen. 1715–Apr. 1721; paymaster of forces Apr. 1721–d.; PC 11 Nov. 1721.2 Ld. lt. and custos rot. Suff. 1698–1703; recorder, Eye 1697–d; freeman, Bury St. Edmunds 1705.3
Cornwallis was brought up in the household of his grandfather Sir Stephen Fox, who paid for his education (to the tune of at least £4,000) and tried to safeguard his inheritance from the effects of his father’s extravagance. Cornwallis saw action as a volunteer in the Low Countries before being returned on the family’s interest for Eye, participati...
Baron Charles Cornwallis Third Baron Cornwallis of Eye formerly Cornwallis. Born 28 Dec 1655 in Culford, Suffolk, England. Ancestors. Son of Charles Cornwallis and [mother unknown] [sibling (s) unknown] Husband of Elizabeth (Fox) Cornwallis — married 27 Dec 1673 in Westminster Abbey, City of Westminster, London, England.
- December 28, 1655
- April 29, 1698
Cornwallis fue el hijo menor de Charles Cornwallis, 5.º barón Cornwallis, un rico terrateniente de Kent, y Lisa Townshend, sobrina del primer ministro Robert Walpole. Fue educado en el Eton College y en el Clare College, de Cambridge.
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
suc. fa. 13 Apr. 1673 (a minor) as 3rd Bar. CORNWALLIS. First sat 15 Feb. 1677; last sat 25 Feb. 1698. bap. 28 Dec. 1655, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Bar. Cornwallis, and Margaret ( d .1669), da. of Sir Thomas Playsted of Arlington, Suss. educ. privately. m.
Home. People. Cornwallis, Charles. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805) Charles Cornwallis was sympathetic to American views during pre-war political disputes in Parliament but became one of the most prominent British generals during the War for Independence.
