Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis was a British Army general and colonial administrator best known for his surrender at Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War and later service as Governor-General of India.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Charles Cornwallis	8
Lord Cornwallis	2
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis canonical	1
Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19043036 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Context triple: [Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis, notableRelative, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis]

A. Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis was a British aristocrat and politician who inherited the marquessate from his father, the prominent military commander and colonial administrator Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.
B. Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis was an English nobleman and politician of the late 17th century who served in various public offices and was the father of Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis.
C. Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis was an English nobleman and politician who served in the House of Commons before inheriting his peerage in the late 17th century.
D. Stephen Cornwallis
Stephen Cornwallis was a member of the prominent British Cornwallis family, known primarily as the brother of Frederick Cornwallis, who became Archbishop of Canterbury in the 18th century.
E. William Cornwallis
William Cornwallis was a distinguished British naval officer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Target entity description: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis was a British Army general and colonial administrator best known for his surrender at Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War and later service as Governor-General of India.

A. Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis was a British aristocrat and politician who inherited the marquessate from his father, the prominent military commander and colonial administrator Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.
B. Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis was an English nobleman and politician of the late 17th century who served in various public offices and was the father of Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis.
C. Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis was an English nobleman and politician who served in the House of Commons before inheriting his peerage in the late 17th century.
D. Stephen Cornwallis
Stephen Cornwallis was a member of the prominent British Cornwallis family, known primarily as the brother of Frederick Cornwallis, who became Archbishop of Canterbury in the 18th century.
E. William Cornwallis
William Cornwallis was a distinguished British naval officer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
F. None of above. chosen

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis → notableRelative → Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ

Middle Colonies theater of the American Revolutionary War → commandedBy → Charles Cornwallis ⓘ