Family and Education
b. 20 Feb. 1744, 4th s. of Charles, 1st Earl Cornwallis, and bro. of Charles, Visct. Brome and Hon. Henry Cornwallis. educ. Eton 1753. unm. G.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815.
Offices Held
Entered R.N. 1755; capt. 1765; on active service in the West Indies and North American waters 1776 – 82; c.-in-c. East Indies 1788 – 94; r.-adm. 1793, v.-adm. 1794; adm. 1799.
Parlimentarian
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
CORNWALLIS, Hon. William (1744-1819)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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