Marquess Cornwallis

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf noble title
gptkbp:awards Order of the Bath
Order of St. Patrick
gptkbp:born December 31, 1738
gptkbp:children gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_2nd_Marquess_Cornwallis
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Mary_Cornwallis
gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Earl_Cornwallis
gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_2nd_Earl_Cornwallis
gptkb:Elizabeth_Cornwallis
gptkb:John_Cornwallis,_1st_Baron_Cornwallis
gptkbp:died October 5, 1805
gptkbp:education gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Marquess Cornwallis
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Pitt_the_Younger
gptkb:Robert_Clive
gptkbp:knownFor Negotiating the Treaty of Paris 1783
Military_leadership_during_the_American_Revolutionary_War
Reforming_British_administration_in_India
Establishing_the_Permanent_Settlement
Governor-General_of_India_from_1786_to_1793
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Brandywine
Battle of Monmouth
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Siege of Yorktown
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Ghaziabad, India
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Lord_Cornwallis
gptkbp:relatedTo Cornwallis_family
gptkbp:residence gptkb:British_Isles
gptkb:Calcutta,_India
gptkb:Bengal_Presidency
gptkbp:role gptkb:Governor-General_of_India
British_Army_officer
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Charlotte_Cornwallis
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lord_Wellesley
gptkbp:title gptkb:Marquess_Cornwallis