Charles Cornwallis

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British Army officer colonial administrator general human nobleman

Charles Cornwallis was a British Army general and colonial administrator best known for his pivotal role in the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at Yorktown in 1781.

Aliases (5)

Lord Cornwallis ×7
Cornwallis ×3
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis ×2
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ×2
Lord Charles Cornwallis ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → colonial administrator → general → human → nobleman →
allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain →
birthCountry	Kingdom of Great Britain →
birthDate	1738-12-31 →
birthPlace	London →
causeOfDeath	fever →
child	Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis →
citizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain →
commanded	British forces in the Southern Theater of the American Revolutionary War →
deathCountry	British India →
deathDate	1805-10-05 →
deathPlace	Ghaziabad →
education	Clare College, Cambridge → Eton College →
familyName	Cornwallis →
father	Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis →
fullName	Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis →
givenName	Charles →
heldPosition	Commander-in-Chief, India → Governor-General of Bengal → Governor-General of India → Lord Lieutenant of Ireland →
honorificTitle	1st Marquess Cornwallis → Earl Cornwallis →
introducedPolicy	Cornwallis Code in India →
memberOf	House of Lords →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryRank	General →
mother	Elizabeth Townshend →
notableFor	role in the American Revolutionary War → surrender at Yorktown in 1781 →
opposed	excessive corruption in East India Company administration →
participatedIn	American Revolutionary War → Seven Years' War → Third Anglo-Mysore War →
peerageTitle	Earl Cornwallis → Marquess Cornwallis →
reformed	civil service in British India → judicial system in British India → revenue administration in British India →
religion	Anglicanism →
signed	Treaty of Seringapatam →
spouse	Jemima Tullekin Jones →
surrenderDate	1781-10-19 →
surrenderedTo	Comte de Rochambeau → George Washington →
surrenderEvent	Siege of Yorktown →

Referenced by (44)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
American Revolutionary War → Battle of Assunpink Creek → Battle of Brandywine → Battle of Camden → Battle of Germantown → Battle of Long Island → Battle of Monmouth → Battle of Princeton → British Army under Cornwallis ("Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis") → New York and New Jersey campaign → Siege of Charleston ("Lord Charles Cornwallis") → Siege of Yorktown →	commander
Battles of Trenton and Princeton → Storming of Redoubt 9 → Third Anglo-Mysore War → Third Anglo-Mysore War ("Lord Cornwallis") →	opposingCommander
British occupation of Philadelphia → Princeton Battlefield State Park → Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War →	notableCommander
Charles Cornwallis ("Cornwallis") → Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ("Cornwallis") →	familyName
Charles Cornwallis ("Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis") → Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ("Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis") →	father
Cornwallis Code →	author
Battle of Camden →	BritishCommander
Elizabeth Townshend →	child
Yorktown →	commandedBy
Cornwallis Code →	draftedBy
Charles Cornwallis ("Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis") →	fullName
Clare College, Cambridge →	hasNotableAlumni
Washington’s Ten Crucial Days →	hasPrimaryOpponentCommander
Elizabeth Townshend →	motherOf
Cornwallis Code →	namedAfter
Treaty of Seringapatam ("Lord Cornwallis") →	negotiatedBy
Battle of Princeton →	notableCommanderBritish
Third Anglo-Mysore War →	notableFigure
British East India Company ("Lord Cornwallis") →	notableGovernorGeneral
Company rule in India ("Lord Cornwallis") →	notableLeader
Indian Civil Service ("Cornwallis") →	notableMember
Elizabeth Townshend →	notableRelative
Governor-General of Bengal ("Lord Cornwallis") →	officeHolder
Treaty of Seringapatam ("Lord Cornwallis") →	relatedTo
Banastre Tarleton →	servedUnder
Bengal Presidency ("Lord Cornwallis") →	significantPerson