Sir Charles Cornwallis

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_figure
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Knight_of_the_Garter
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 Sir Charles Cornwallis
gptkbp:influenced British colonial policy in India
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:William_Pitt_the_Elder
gptkbp:known_for surrender at Yorktown
reforms in India
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Commander-in-Chief_of_the_British_Army_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:Governor
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Lord_Cornwallis
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Colonial_India
gptkb:Battle_of_Yorktown
gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_1783
gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:British_Raj
gptkb:Indian_Rebellion_of_1857
gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkb:military_strategy
gptkb:Battle_of_Guilford_Courthouse
gptkb:First_Anglo-Maratha_War
gptkb:Second_Anglo-Mysore_War
Colonial administration
British colonial administration
British military history
Military campaigns in India
Political history of India
British military leaders
Military history of the United Kingdom
British governors-general
Diplomacy in the 18th century
gptkbp:service_years 1756-1805
gptkbp:spouse Elizabeth Cornwallis
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lord_Wellesley
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lady_Anne_Cornwallis
gptkb:Lady_Frances_Cornwallis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6