| 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 | 
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; http://thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
| The son of the first earl Cornwallis; after defeat at Yorktown he was governor general of
                        India (1786) and lord lieutenant of Ireland (1798). | |