James Cornwallis, bishop of Lichfield and Coventry

(1743-1824)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cornwallis, James Cornwallis, Earl, 1743-1824 NRA: Cornwallis James (1742-1824) 4th Earl Cornwallis Bishop of Lichfield DNB: Cornwallis, James, fourth Earl Cornwallis (1743–1824), bishop of Lichfield and Coventry LBT ID: LdCornw4 VIAF ID: 49084249 LOC ID: nr91027238	B/BAP: 1743-02-25 DIED: 1824-01-20
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The son of Charles Cornwallis, first Earl Cornwallis; educated at Eton and Christ's College, Cambridge, he was Dean of Canterbury (1774-81) and Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (1781-24). He inherited the earldom a few months before his death.
REFERENCES TO James Cornwallis, bishop of Lichfield and Coventry: Sydney Smith to Gerrard Andrews, [1806] in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 3 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch XI. 1816-1820 Found 1: ¶ 16 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Chapter IV