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. | |