The 1st Marquess Cornwallis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:nobleman
gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:British_peer
gptkb:Governor-General_of_the_Presidency_of_Fort_William
gptkb:Commander-in-Chief,_India
gptkbp:birthDate 31 December 1738
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Ghazipur,_India
gptkbp:child gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_2nd_Marquess_Cornwallis
gptkbp:deathDate 5 October 1805
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Ghazipur,_India
gptkbp:education gptkb:Clare_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:Eton_College
gptkbp:father gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Earl_Cornwallis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The 1st Marquess Cornwallis
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Order_of_the_Garter
gptkb:Privy_Council_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General
Lieutenant General
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Elizabeth_Townshend
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:negotiatedBy gptkb:Treaty_of_Amiens
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:British_peer
gptkb:surrender_at_Yorktown
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:John_Singleton_Copley
gptkbp:reformed gptkb:Cornwallis_Code
gptkb:Permanent_Settlement_of_Bengal
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:Third_Anglo-Mysore_War
gptkb:French_Revolutionary_Wars
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jemima_Tullekin_Jones
gptkbp:surrenderedTo gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Comte_de_Rochambeau
19 October 1781
gptkbp:surrenderPlace gptkb:Yorktown,_Virginia
gptkbp:termEnd Governor-General of India, 1793
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1801
gptkbp:termStart Governor-General of India, 1786
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1798
gptkbp:title gptkb:Viscount_Brome
gptkb:Marquess_Cornwallis
gptkb:Earl_Cornwallis
Duke of Wellington
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Viceroy_of_Ireland
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6