Family and Education
b. 31 Dec. 1738, 1st s. of Charles, 1st Earl Cornwallis, by Hon. Elizabeth Townshend, da. of Charles, 2nd Visct. Townshend. educ. Eton 1753-4; Clare, Camb. 1755; Turin military acad. m. 14 July 1768, Jemima, da. of James Jones, sis. of Arnoldus Skelton Jones, 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 23 June 1762; K.G. 2 June 1786; cr. Mq. Cornwallis 8 Oct. 1792.
Offices Held
Ensign 1 Ft. Gds. 1756; capt. 85 Ft. 1759; lt.-col. 12 Ft. 1761; col. 1764; col. 33 Ft. 1766 – d. maj.-gen. 1775; lt.-gen. 1777; gen. 1793.
Ld. of the bedchamber July – Aug. 1765; chief justice in eyre south of Trent 1766 – 69; jt. vice-treasurer [I] 1769 – 70; constable of the Tower of London 1770 – 84; served in America 1776 – 82; envoy to Prussia Aug. – Sept. 1785; gov. gen. of Bengal 1786 – 93; master gen. of the Ordnance 1795 – 1801; 1797 appointed gov. gen. of Bengal but did not go out; ld. lt. [I] 1798 – 1801; plenipotentiary at Amiens 1801 – 02; gov. gen. of Bengal 1805.
Parlimentarian
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Commons 1754-1790
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CORNWALLIS, Charles, Visct. Brome (1738-1805)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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