Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, KG, PC (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator...
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Charles Cornwallis may refer to: Sir Charles Cornwallis (diplomat) (died 1629), English courtier and diplomat Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis (1632–1673)...
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Look up Cornwallis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805) was a British Army officer and colonial...
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Earl Cornwallis was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1753 for Charles Cornwallis, 5th Baron Cornwallis. The second Earl was...
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commissioned in 1973, near Port Cornwallis, "on the summit of Bopung Hill at the entrance of Aerial Bay." "Welcome to PORT CORNWALLIS LIGHT HOUSE". Directorate...
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Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West (14 November 1874 – 1 April 1951) was a British officer of the Scots Guards. George Cornwallis-West was noted primarily...
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British General Charles Cornwallis, the Earl Cornwallis, was appointed in February 1786 to serve as both Commander-in-Chief of British India and Governor...
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his intent to sail to the Chesapeake Bay, where Cornwallis had taken command of the army. Cornwallis, at first given confusing orders by his superior...
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Cornwallis. Seri Rambai Cannon and walls viewed from the Esplanade. Interior in February 2011 with its lighthouse in the background. "Fort Cornwallis...
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Governor Cornwallis may refer to: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805), Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William in 1805 Edward...
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William Cornwallis, GCB (10 February 1744 – 5 July 1819) was a Royal Navy officer. He was the brother of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British...
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Fiennes Cornwallis, born Fiennes Wykeham-Martin (1 November 1831 – 24 April 1867), was a British Army officer and related to the Cornwallis family. Born...
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Westminster Her son, George Cornwallis-West Her mother unsuccessfully attempted to seduce Albert, Prince Consort, and Cornwallis-West herself became mistress...
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Canadian Forces Base Cornwallis (also CFB Cornwallis) is a former Canadian Forces Base located in Deep Brook, Nova Scotia. It is situated in the western...
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Cornwallis Island may refer to: Cornwallis Island (Nunavut), Canada Cornwallis Island (Queensland), Australia Cornwallis Island (South Shetland Islands)...
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Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis (19 October 1774 – 9 August 1823), styled Viscount Brome until 1805, was a British Tory politician. He served...
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It was formerly named Cornwallis after a military base was established as HMCS Cornwallis in 1942 and becoming CFB Cornwallis in 1968 (it was mothballed...
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Lady Randolph Churchill (redirect from Mrs George Cornwallis-West)
were divorced in April 1914, whereupon Cornwallis-West married Mrs. Campbell. Jennie dropped the surname Cornwallis-West, and resumed, by deed poll, the...
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William Cornwallis (1744-1819) was a British admiral. William Cornwallis may also refer to: William Cornwallis (died 1614), early English essayist William...
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Council on 1 May, and known collectively as "the Cornwallis Code". Aspinall, Arthur (1931). Cornwallis in Bengal. Manchester, UK: Manchester University...
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made Earl Cornwallis and Marquess Cornwallis, but these titles are now extinct. For information on the first creation, see the Earl Cornwallis. The second...
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forces defeated a British force there under Lord Charles Cornwallis, and on October 17, Cornwallis raised a flag of truce after having suffered not only...
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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...
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Cornwallis Township was one of the original townships of Kings County, Nova Scotia. The township was named after Edward Cornwallis, the founder of Halifax...
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abandon his rearguard, Cornwallis counter-attacked with the rest of his squadron. A fierce combat developed, culminating in Cornwallis interposing his flagship...
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ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cornwallis, after Admiral Sir William Cornwallis. HMS Cornwallis (1777) was a 5-gun galley purchased in North...
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Channel from Somerset Island to the south. Northwest of Cornwallis Island lies Little Cornwallis Island, the biggest of a group of small islands at the...
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Cornwallis Academy (formerly The Cornwallis School) is a mixed-sex secondary school and sixth form located in Linton (near Maidstone) in the English county...
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Thomas Cornwallis (c. 1605–1675) was an English politician and colonial administrator. Cornwallis served as one of the first Commissioners of the Province...
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the Whig government of Robert Walpole. Cornwallis was the second son of Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis, and his wife Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter...
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