NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805 NRA: Cornwallis, Charles (1738-1805) 1st Marquess Cornwallis, General, statesman DNB: Cornwallis, Charles, first Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805), governor-general of India and lord lieutenant of Ireland LBT ID: LdCornw1 VIAF ID: 20760091 LOC ID: n88148317 | B/BAP: 1738-12-31 DIED: 1805-10-05 |
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The son of the first earl Cornwallis; after defeat at Yorktown he was governor general of
India (1786) and lord lieutenant of Ireland (1798). | |