Lord Cornwallis (disambiguation)

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Lord Cornwallis is the name that many Americans know for Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, the commander of the British forces at the Battle of Camden, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse and the Siege of Yorktown.

Other notable members of the Cornwallis family include

• Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (1655-1698), who served as First Lord of the Admiralty
• Edward Cornwallis (1713-1766), British colonialist and founder of Halifax, Canada
• Frederick Cornwallis (1713-1783), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805), British general during the American Revolution, and governor-general of India
• William Cornwallis (1744-1819), a British admiral during the Napoleonic Wars

Other people named Cornwallis

• Thomas Cornwallis (1605-1675) - one of the first commissioners of the Province of Maryland (brother of Sir William)
• Sir William Cornwallis, a British essayist
• William Cornwallis Symonds, a British officer in New Zealand
• George Cornwallis-West, stepfather of Winston Churchill

Fictional characters

• Cornwallis, a briefly seen character who is a child of Mr. Hanky on the television show South Park.

Places named Cornwallis

• Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Dauan Island, formerly known as Cornwallis Island - See List of Torres Strait Islands
• Cornwallis Junior High School in Halifax, named for Edward Cornwallis
• Cornwallis, Manitoba (rural municipality), Canada

Things named Cornwallis

• HMS Cornwallis, a number of ships of the Royal Navy