Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Charles_Cornwallis%2C_1st_Earl_Cornwallis

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:Earl
gptkbp:allegiance	gptkb:Kingdom_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:associated_with	gptkb:Dutch_East_India_Company
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkbp:birth_date	1738-12-31
gptkbp:birth_place	gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:burial_place	gptkb:St._John's_Church,_Ghaziabad
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_2nd_Earl_Cornwallis
gptkbp:contribution	gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_1783
gptkbp:death_date	1805-10-05
gptkbp:death_place	gptkb:Ghaziabad,_India
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:governor	gptkb:British_India
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis
gptkbp:influence	British colonial policy
gptkbp:involved_in	gptkb:Battle_of_Yorktown gptkb:Third_Anglo-Mysore_War gptkb:Battle_of_Laswari gptkb:Battle_of_Brandywine gptkb:Siege_of_Charleston gptkb:Battle_of_Camden gptkb:Battle_of_Delhi gptkb:Battle_of_Aligarh gptkb:Battle_of_Buxar gptkb:Battle_of_Eutaw_Springs gptkb:Battle_of_Guilford_Courthouse gptkb:Battle_of_Panipat gptkb:Battle_of_Assaye gptkb:First_Anglo-Maratha_War gptkb:Battle_of_Agra gptkb:Battle_of_Plassey gptkb:Second_Anglo-Maratha_War gptkb:Battle_of_Monmouth gptkb:Second_Anglo-Mysore_War
gptkbp:known_for	gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:legacy	Cornwallis' reforms in India
gptkbp:military_branch	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_General
gptkbp:notable_command	gptkb:Siege_of_Yorktown
gptkbp:parent	gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Viscount_Cornwallis
gptkbp:political_party	gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_2nd_Earl_Cornwallis
gptkbp:rank	gptkb:General
gptkbp:service_years	1756–1805
gptkbp:sibling	Mary Cornwallis
gptkbp:spouse	Elizabeth Townshend
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Henry_Seymour_Conway
gptkbp:title	gptkb:1st_Earl_Cornwallis
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5