1st Marquess Cornwallis

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British Army officer Governor-General of India Lord Lieutenant of Ireland colonial administrator general nobleman

The 1st Marquess Cornwallis was a British Army general and colonial administrator best known for his role in the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at Yorktown in 1781.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis 2
Marquess Cornwallis 3
Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
general ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
battle Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
birthCountry Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
birthDate 1738-12-31 ⓘ
birthPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
burialPlace Ghaziabad ⓘ
child Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathCountry British India ⓘ
deathDate 1805-10-05 ⓘ
deathPlace Ghaziabad ⓘ
education Clare College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ
familyName Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
surface form: Cornwallis
father Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis
fullName 1st Marquess Cornwallis self-link ⓘ
surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
givenName Charles ⓘ
heldPosition Commander‑in‑Chief, India ⓘ
surface form: Commander-in-Chief, India

Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
Master-General of the Ordnance ⓘ
honour Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter ⓘ
surface form: Knight of the Garter

Privy Counsellor ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
Privy Council ⓘ
surface form: Privy Council of Great Britain
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank General ⓘ
monarchServed George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: George III
mother Elizabeth Townshend ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl Cornwallis ⓘ
1st Marquess Cornwallis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Marquess Cornwallis

Viscount Brome ⓘ
notableFor role in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surrender at Yorktown in 1781 ⓘ
participatedIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
Third Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
reform Cornwallis Code in India ⓘ
Permanent Settlement of Bengal ⓘ
spouse Jemima Tullekin Jones ⓘ
surrenderedAt Yorktown ⓘ
yearOfYorktownSurrender 1781 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Charles Cornwallis → child → 1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis
Battle of Guilford Court House → commander → 1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
1st Marquess Cornwallis → fullName → 1st Marquess Cornwallis self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis → honorificTitle → 1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ
Treaty of Amiens → negotiatedBy → 1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marquess Cornwallis
1st Marquess Cornwallis → nobleTitle → 1st Marquess Cornwallis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Marquess Cornwallis
Governor-General of Bengal → officeHolder → 1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Cornwallis (second term)
Charles Cornwallis → peerageTitle → 1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marquess Cornwallis