Lord Cornwallis

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Kingdom_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Order_of_the_Garter
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:fullName gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Bengal_Presidency
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lord Cornwallis
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Permanent_Settlement_of_Bengal
judicial reforms in India
British defeat at Yorktown
reforms in Indian administration
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General
Lieutenant General
gptkbp:militaryService 1757–1805
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Elizabeth_Townshend
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:British_peer
gptkb:Cornwallis_Code
gptkb:surrender_at_Yorktown
gptkb:Commander-in-Chief,_India
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Thomas_Gainsborough
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_Macpherson
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:Third_Anglo-Mysore_War
gptkb:Seven_Years'_War
gptkbp:signature Charles Cornwallis signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jemima_Tullekin_Jones
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_Shore
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Marquess_Cornwallis
gptkb:Viscount_Brome
gptkb:Earl_Cornwallis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Princeton
gptkb:History_of_British_India
gptkb:East_India_Company_rule
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5