1st Marquess Cornwallis

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf noble title
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:awards Order of the Bath
Order of the Garter
Order of St. Patrick
gptkbp:born 31 December 1738
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:All_Saints_Church,_Fotheringhay
gptkbp:children gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_2nd_Marquess_Cornwallis
gptkbp:died 5 October 1805
gptkbp:education gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Most Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1st Marquess Cornwallis
gptkbp:knownFor Reforming_British_administration_in_India
Loyalist_commander_during_the_American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:nobleHouse gptkb:House_of_Cornwallis
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of Yorktown
Siege of Yorktown
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Lord_North
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:East_India_Company
gptkb:Colonial_India
gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:British_Raj
gptkb:British_nobility
gptkb:Military_history_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:History_of_the_United_Kingdom
History of India
British_military_history
Political_history_of_the_United_Kingdom
Cornwallis_family
History_of_British_colonialism
History_of_the_American_Revolutionary_War
History_of_the_British_Raj
History_of_the_East_India_Company
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cornwallis_House,_London
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Commander-in-Chief_of_India
gptkb:Governor-General_of_India
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Charlotte_Cornwallis
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lord_Wellesley
gptkbp:title gptkb:Marquess_Cornwallis