Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis
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Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis (27 May 1864-26 September 1935), was a British Conservative politician.
Cornwallis was the son of Major Fiennes Cornwallis. He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Maidstone in 1888, a seat he held until 1895 and again from 1898 to 1900. He was also Chairman of the Kent County Council between 1910 and 1930. In 1927 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Cornwallis, of Linton in the County of Kent.
Lord Cornwallis married Mabel Leigh, daughter of Oswald Peter Leigh, in 1886. They had seven children, three sons and four daughters. Their eldest son Lieutenant Fiennes Wykeham Mann Cornwallis was killed in Ireland in May 1921 during the Irish War of Independence. Lord Cornwallis died in September 1935, aged 71, and was succeeded in the barony by his second son Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis. Lady Cornwallis died in 1957.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Alexander Henry Ross |
Member of Parliament for Maidstone 1888–1895 |
Succeeded by Sir Frederick Seager Hunt |
| Preceded by Sir Frederick Seager Hunt |
Member of Parliament for Parliament for Maidstone 1898–1900 |
Succeeded by John Barker |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by (new creation) |
Baron Cornwallis 1927–1935 |
Succeeded by Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis |
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- www.thepeerage.com
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