Charles Cornwallis

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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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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

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Earl Cornwallis familyName Charles Cornwallis
subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Cornwallis
Earl Cornwallis father Charles Cornwallis
subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis
Battle of Cooch’s Bridge commander Charles Cornwallis
Battle of Ballinamuck BritishCommander Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis
Anglo-Mysore Wars notableCommander Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Cornwallis
Brandywine Battlefield notableCommander Charles Cornwallis
Battle of White Marsh commander Charles Cornwallis
British southern strategy notableCommander Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis
Race to the Dan opposingCommander Charles Cornwallis
Carolina campaign of 1780 commander Charles Cornwallis
Battle of Bound Brook commanderBritish Charles Cornwallis
British Raj (Company rule in India) notableAdministrator Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis
Battle of Brooklyn Heights commander Charles Cornwallis
New York campaign of 1776 commander Charles Cornwallis
Battle of Pell's Point commander Charles Cornwallis
Siege of Bangalore commander Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Siege of Bangalore relatedTo Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Battle of Arakere commander Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Battle of Arakere opponentOf Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
British capture of Fort Lee commander Charles Cornwallis
Admiral Sir William Cornwallis sibling Charles Cornwallis
subject surface form: William Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Admiral Sir William Cornwallis father Charles Cornwallis
subject surface form: William Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis
Siege of Seringapatam (1792) commander Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Siege of Seringapatam (1792) relatedTo Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
HMS Cornwallis namedAfter Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Sir John Shore predecessorAsGovernorGeneralOfIndia Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis
Sir George Barlow predecessor Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis
Code of 1793 namedAfter Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis
Code of 1793 author Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis
Code of 1793 implementedBy Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis
Viscount Brome titleHolder Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Viscount Brome historicalBearer Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis father Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis inheritedTitleFrom Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis precededBy Charles Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Yorktown Battlefield hasCommander Charles Cornwallis
Virginia campaign commander Charles Cornwallis