Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Charles_Cornwallis%2C_4th_Baron_Cornwallis
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:British_Army
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,_5th_Baron_Cornwallis
gptkbp:death_date 1805-10-05
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Ghaziabad,_India
gptkbp:education gptkb:Eton_College
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis
gptkbp:influenced British colonial policy in India
gptkbp:known_for surrender at Yorktown
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Lord_Cornwallis
gptkbp:notable_command gptkb:Governor
British forces in the American Revolutionary War
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Warren_Hastings
gptkbp:rank gptkb:General
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:Dutch_East_India_Company
gptkbp:service_years 1756–1805
gptkbp:significant_event gptkb:Battle_of_the_Chesapeake
gptkb:Battle_of_Yorktown
gptkb:Siege_of_Yorktown
gptkb:Treaty_of_Amiens
gptkb:Third_Anglo-Mysore_War
gptkb:Battle_of_Germantown
gptkb:Battle_of_Brandywine
gptkb:Battle_of_Cuddalore
gptkb:Battle_of_Camden
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Washington
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Lee
gptkb:Battle_of_Eutaw_Springs
gptkb:Battle_of_Guilford_Courthouse
gptkb:Battle_of_Assaye
gptkb:Battle_of_Cowpens
gptkb:Battle_of_King's_Mountain
gptkb:Battle_of_Monmouth
gptkb:Second_Anglo-Mysore_War
gptkbp:spouse Elizabeth Cornwallis
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Richard_Wellesley,_1st_Marquess_Wellesley
gptkbp:title gptkb:4th_Baron_Cornwallis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkb:Cornwallis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5