Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lieutenant_General_Charles_Cornwallis
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Guilford_Courthouse
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkb:British_Parliament
gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkbp:awards gptkb:church
gptkb:Order
gptkbp:birth_date 1738-12-31
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_2nd_Marquess_Cornwallis
gptkbp:death_date 1805-10-05
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Ghaziabad,_India
gptkbp:education gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis
gptkbp:influenced British military strategy
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:William_Pitt_the_Elder
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
British colonial administration in India
gptkbp:military_rank gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:notable_for gptkb:Siege_of_Yorktown
gptkb:Battle_of_Guilford_Courthouse
gptkb:Second_Anglo-Mysore_War
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:General_Sir_Henry_Clinton
gptkbp:role gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:significant_event gptkb:Battle_of_the_Chesapeake
gptkb:Battle_of_Argaum
gptkb:Battle_of_Yorktown
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Nile
gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_1783
gptkb:Battle_of_Germantown
gptkb:Battle_of_Laswari
gptkb:Battle_of_Brandywine
gptkb:Siege_of_Charleston
gptkb:Battle_of_Cuddalore
gptkb:Battle_of_Camden
gptkb:Battle_of_Delhi
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Washington
gptkb:Battle_of_Long_Island
gptkb:Battle_of_Buxar
gptkb:Battle_of_Seringapatam
gptkb:Battle_of_White_Plains
gptkb:Battle_of_Eutaw_Springs
gptkb:Battle_of_Princeton
gptkb:Battle_of_Panipat
gptkb:Battle_of_Assaye
gptkb:Battle_of_Bhima
gptkb:Battle_of_Kutch
gptkb:Battle_of_Nagpore
gptkb:Battle_of_Plassey
gptkb:Battle_of_Cowpens
gptkb:Battle_of_King's_Mountain
gptkb:Battle_of_Monmouth
gptkb:Battle_of_Tretton
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Charlotte_Cornwallis
gptkbp:successor gptkb:General_Sir_Guy_Carleton