Family and Education
b. c. 1619, 3rd s. of Sir Charles Cornwallis (d.1629) of Beeston St. Andrew, Norf. and Harborne, Staffs., being o.s. by 3rd w. Dorothy, da. of Richard Vaughan, bp. of London, wid. of John Jegon, bp. of Norwich; half-bro. of Sir William Cornwallis. m. lic. 20 June 1640, aged 21, Edith, da. of John Newce of Rock, and coh. to her bro. John, 1s. 2da.Add. 19124, f. 457; Malcolm, Londinium Redivivum, i. 305; Blomefield, Norf. vi. 285; Foster, London Mar. Lic. 18, 333, 1164.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Worcs. 1648 – 52, 1657, 1665 – 73, Mdx. and Suff. 1663 – 73, Westminster 1665 – 73, militia, Worcs. 1648, Mar. 1660, j.p. 1648 – 53; collector of customs, London aft. 1661 – 69; commr. for oyer and terminer, Norfolk circuit 1665, recusants, Suff. 1675.
Gent. of privy chamber June 1660–d.
Main residences: High Holborn, Mdx.; Rock, Worcs.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
CORNWALLIS, Charles I (c.1619-75)
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Oxford 1644
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