Edward Cornwallis

(1713-1776)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cornwallis, Edward, 1713-1776 NRA: Cornwallis Edward (1713-1776) Lieutenant General Colonial Governor DNB: Cornwallis, Edward (1713–1776), army officer and colonial governor LBT ID: EdCornw1776 VIAF ID: 44158243 LOC ID: nr92000485	B/BAP: 1713-03-05 DIED: 1776-01-14
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The twin brother of Frederick Cornwallis, archbishop of Canterbury; educated at Eton, he was a military officer, MP, and governor of Nova Scotia (1749) and Gibralter (1762).
REFERENCES TO Edward Cornwallis: Peter George Patmore, My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854) Appendix vol II Found 1: ¶ 1