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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.
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
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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...
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.
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.
Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis (1892–1982) Fiennes Neil Wykeham Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (1921–2010) Fiennes Wykeham Jeremy Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis (born 1946) The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Honourable Fiennes Alexander Wykeham Martin Cornwallis (born 1987). See also. Earl ...
Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis PC (1675 – 20 January 1721/22) was a British politician. Background. He was the son of Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (c. 1655 – 1693) and Elizabeth Fox (c. 1654 – 1680/81). On 29 April 1693 he succeeded his father as Baron Cornwallis . Political career.
