William Cornwallis, 3rd Earl Cornwallis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Cornwallis%2C_3rd_Earl_Cornwallis
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Earl
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:ancestor gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_2nd_Earl_Cornwallis
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkbp:birth_date 1738-12-31
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:England
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:St._John's_Church,_Calcutta
gptkbp:children gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkbp:death_date 1805-10-30
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:India
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_4th_Earl_Cornwallis
gptkbp:education gptkb:Eton_College
gptkbp:honorific_prefix gptkb:PC
The Right Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Cornwallis, 3rd Earl Cornwallis
gptkbp:influenced British colonial policy
gptkbp:influenced_by British military tradition
gptkbp:known_for Role in American Revolutionary War
gptkbp:military_rank gptkb:General
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Lord_Cornwallis
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Siege_of_Yorktown
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:position_held gptkb:Governor
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Lord_Cornwallis
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis
gptkbp:residence Cornwallis House
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:service_years 1756-1805
gptkbp:significant_event gptkb:Battle_of_Kharda
gptkb:Battle_of_Argaum
gptkb:Battle_of_Kargil
gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_1783
gptkb:Third_Anglo-Mysore_War
gptkb:Battle_of_Laswari
gptkb:Battle_of_Brandywine
gptkb:Siege_of_Charleston
gptkb:Battle_of_Delhi
gptkb:Siege_of_Savannah
gptkb:Battle_of_Buxar
gptkb:Battle_of_Peshawar
gptkb:Battle_of_Guilford_Courthouse
gptkb:Battle_of_Panipat
gptkb:Battle_of_Assaye
gptkb:Battle_of_Chesapeake_Bay
gptkb:Battle_of_Nagpur
gptkb:Battle_of_Bhima
gptkb:Battle_of_Gwalior
gptkb:Battle_of_Plassey
gptkb:Battle_of_Monmouth
gptkb:Second_Anglo-Mysore_War
gptkbp:spouse Elizabeth Cornwallis
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lord_Wellesley
gptkbp:title gptkb:3rd_Earl_Cornwallis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_Cornwallis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6