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.

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Label Occurrences
Charles Cornwallis canonical 47
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis 16
Lord Cornwallis 15

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, England ⓘ
surface form: London
causeOfDeath fever ⓘ
child 1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ
surface form: 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 Charles Cornwallis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cornwallis
father Charles Cornwallis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis
fullName Charles Cornwallis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
givenName Charles ⓘ
heldPosition Commander-in-Chief, India ⓘ
Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ
surface form: Marquess Cornwallis
reformed civil service in British India ⓘ
judicial system in British India ⓘ
revenue administration in British India ⓘ
religion Anglican Communion ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
signed Treaty of Seringapatam ⓘ
spouse Jemima Tullekin Jones ⓘ
surrenderDate 1781-10-19 ⓘ
surrenderedTo Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ
surface form: Comte de Rochambeau

George Washington ⓘ
surrenderEvent Siege of Yorktown ⓘ

Referenced by (89)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Revolutionary War → commander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Indian Civil Service → notableMember → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cornwallis
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War → notableCommander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Princeton Battlefield State Park → notableCommander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
New York and New Jersey campaign → commander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
British East India Company → notableGovernorGeneral → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis → fullName → Charles Cornwallis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis → familyName → Charles Cornwallis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis → father → Charles Cornwallis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis
Battle of Monmouth → commander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Siege of Yorktown → commander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Clare College, Cambridge → hasNotableAlumni → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Bengal Presidency → significantPerson → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis
Battle of Brandywine → commander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Battle of Germantown → commander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Banastre Tarleton → servedUnder → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
British occupation of Philadelphia → notableCommander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Battle of Princeton → commander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Battle of Princeton → notableCommanderBritish → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Yorktown → commandedBy → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Siege of Charleston → commander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Charles Cornwallis
Battle of Camden → commander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Battle of Camden → BritishCommander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Washington’s Ten Crucial Days → hasPrimaryOpponentCommander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Battle of Long Island → commander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Company rule in India → notableLeader → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis
Battles of Trenton and Princeton → opposingCommander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Third Anglo-Mysore War → opposingCommander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Third Anglo-Mysore War → opposingCommander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis
Third Anglo-Mysore War → notableFigure → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Battle of Assunpink Creek → commander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Governor-General of Bengal → officeHolder → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis
Cornwallis Code in India → namedAfter → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
subject surface form: Cornwallis Code
Cornwallis Code in India → author → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
subject surface form: Cornwallis Code
Cornwallis Code in India → draftedBy → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
subject surface form: Cornwallis Code
Treaty of Seringapatam → negotiatedBy → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis
Treaty of Seringapatam → relatedTo → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis
Elizabeth Townshend → child → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Elizabeth Townshend → motherOf → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Elizabeth Townshend → notableRelative → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
1st Marquess Cornwallis → familyName → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Cornwallis
1st Marquess Cornwallis → father → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis
storming of Redoubt 9 → opposingCommander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
subject surface form: Storming of Redoubt 9
British Army under Cornwallis → commander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
British East India Company forces → notableCommander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Jemima Tullekin Jones → spouse → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Permanent Settlement of Bengal → introducedBy → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis
Permanent Settlement of Bengal → influencedBy → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Forage War → combatantCommander → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park → associatedWith → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ