Family and Education
b. 3 June 1815, o. s. of Robert Stribling Cornish, of Exeter, and Marianne, da. of John Powning, of Hill’s Court, near Exeter. educ. Westminster 1829-32; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 1833, BA 1837, MA 1839; I. Temple, called 1841. m. 19 Aug. 1847, Elizabeth Gray, o. surv. da. and h. of George Isaac Mowbray, of Bishopswearmouth, co. Durham and Mortimer, Berks., 3s. 2da. assumed name Mowbray by royal lic. 26 July 1847. suc. fa. 10 Feb. 1871. cr. bt. 3 May 1880. d. 22 Apr. 1899.
Offices Held
PC 6 Apr. 1858; judge advocate general 1858 – 59, 1866–8.
Church estates commissioner 1866 – 68, 1871–92.
JP Durham; Dep. Lt. Durham.
Cllr. Berks. 1889; ald. 1895 – 98.
Hon. D.C.L. Oxf. 1869; hon. fellow Hertford Coll., Oxf. 1875; hon. student Christ Church, Oxf. 1877.
‘Father of the House’ 1898 – 99.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Warennes Wood, Mortimer, Reading, Berks.
Cornish
Volume
Commons 1832-1868
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion