Family and Education
b. 14 Mar. 1611, 3rd but o. surv. s. of Sir William Cornwallis of Brome Hall, Suff. being o.s. by 2nd w. Jane, da. of Hercules Mewtas of West Ham, Essex. educ. privately. m. (1) c.1630, Elizabeth (d.1644), da. of Sir John Ashburnham of Ashburnham, Suss., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) 1646 (with £2,000), Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Crofts of Little Saxham, Suff., 1da. suc. fa. 1611; cr. Bt. 4 May 1627, Kntd. 1 Dec. 1630; suc. half-bro. Nicholas Bacon at Culford 1660; cr. Baron Cornwallis of Eye 20 Apr. 1661.Reg. St. Botolph Bishopsgate, i. 179; Private Corresp. of Jane, Lady Cornwallis, xxviii, xxxv, xliii; HMC Portland, iii. 150; Cal. Comm. Adv. Money, 656; Copinger, Suff. Manors, i. 285; Chamberlain Letters ed. McClure, i. 306.
Offices Held
Gent. usher of the privy chamber 1633 – 45; treas. of the Household to Charles II (as Prince of Wales) 1645, (as King) 1649, May 1660 – d.; PC 4 July 1660–d.
Steward, honour of Eye 1639 – 49, May 1660 – d.; freeman, Ipswich June 1660; j.p. Suff. July 1660 – d., Mdx. Aug. 1660 – d.; commr. for oyer and terminer, Norfolk circuit July 1660, assessment, Suff. Aug. 1660–1, sewers, Westminster Aug. 1660; dep. lt. Suff. c. Aug. 1660–d.
Lt. of horse 1639–40.
Main residence: Culford, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
CORNWALLIS, Sir Frederick (1611-62)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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