Cornwallis

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical figure
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Colonial_India
gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:British_Parliament
gptkb:British_East_India_Company
Second Anglo-Mysore War
Battle of Assaye
Battle of Seringapatam
Third Anglo-Mysore War
American_history
British_military_history
gptkbp:awards Order of the Bath
Order of the Star of India
gptkbp:birthDate 1738-12-31
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_2nd_Marquess_Cornwallis
gptkbp:contribution British_colonial_administration_in_India
Military_strategy_during_the_American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:deathDate 1805-10-05
gptkbp:deathPlace Ghaziabad, India
gptkbp:education gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cornwallis
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:George_III
gptkb:William_Pitt_the_Elder
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Surrender_at_Yorktown
Cornwallis Code
Reforms_in_India
gptkbp:legacy Controversial_figure_in_American_history
Influential_in_the_establishment_of_British_rule_in_India
gptkbp:militaryRank General
Lieutenant General
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Germantown
gptkb:Battle_of_Brandywine
Battle of Monmouth
Battle of Yorktown
Siege of Yorktown
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Warren_Hastings
gptkbp:retired gptkb:Governor-General_of_India
gptkbp:role gptkb:Governor-General_of_India
British_Army_officer
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Cornwallis
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Richard_Wellesley,_1st_Marquess_Wellesley