William Cornwallis

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_figure
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkbp:birth_date 1738-12-31
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:St._John's_Church,_Ghaziabad
gptkbp:children gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkbp:commanded British forces in India
gptkbp:contribution Expansion of British India
gptkbp:death_date 1805-01-05
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Henry_Cornwallis,_2nd_Earl_Cornwallis
gptkb:William_Cornwallis,_3rd_Earl_Cornwallis
gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_2nd_Earl_Cornwallis
gptkb:Frederick_Cornwallis
gptkb:John_Cornwallis
gptkb:Thomas_Cornwallis
gptkb:Edward_Cornwallis
gptkb:Henry_Cornwallis
gptkb:George_Cornwallis
James Cornwallis
Richard Cornwallis
Robert Cornwallis
gptkbp:education gptkb:Eton_College
gptkbp:famous_for gptkb:Surrender_at_Yorktown
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:William_Cornwallis,_1st_Earl_Cornwallis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Cornwallis
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Robert_Clive
gptkbp:known_for Role in the American Revolutionary War
gptkbp:legacy Cornwallis Code
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:military_conflict gptkb:Third_Anglo-Mysore_War
gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:French_Revolutionary_Wars
gptkb:Second_Anglo-Mysore_War
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Earl_Cornwallis
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Yorktown
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Ghaziabad,_India
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Tory
gptkbp:position gptkb:Governor
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Lord_Wellesley
gptkbp:rank gptkb:General
gptkbp:reform Civil Service Reforms in India
Military Reforms in India
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Cornwallis_family
gptkbp:service_years 1756-1805
gptkbp:significant_event gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_1783
gptkbp:spouse Elizabeth Cornwallis
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lord_Minto
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Horatio_Nelson
gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkb:Admiral_Lord_Nelson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5