Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nobleman
gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkb:British_Army_officer
gptkbp:birthDate 1738-12-31
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Ghazipur,_India
gptkbp:child gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_2nd_Marquess_Cornwallis
gptkbp:deathDate 1805-10-05
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Ghazipur,_India
gptkbp:education gptkb:Clare_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:Eton_College
gptkbp:father gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Earl_Cornwallis
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Order_of_the_Garter
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Cornwallis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
gptkbp:militaryConflict gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:Irish_Rebellion_of_1798
gptkb:Third_Anglo-Mysore_War
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Elizabeth_Townshend
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:British_peer
gptkb:Surrender_at_Yorktown
gptkbp:parliamentaryService Member of Parliament for Eye
Member of Parliament for Westminster
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:John_Singleton_Copley
gptkb:Thomas_Gainsborough
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_Shore
Earl Camden
gptkbp:reformed gptkb:Cornwallis_Code
gptkb:Permanent_Settlement_of_Bengal
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:signature Charles Cornwallis signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jemima_Tullekin_Jones
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Philip_Yorke,_3rd_Earl_of_Hardwicke
gptkb:Richard_Wellesley
gptkbp:surrenderedTo gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Comte_de_Rochambeau
gptkbp:termEnd Governor-General of India, 1793
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1801
gptkbp:termStart Governor-General of India, 1786
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1798
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Marquess_Cornwallis
gptkb:2nd_Earl_Cornwallis
gptkb:Viscount_Brome
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkb:Lady_Louisa_Cornwallis
gptkb:Duke_of_Wellington
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5