Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis PC (1675 – 20 January 1721/22) was a British politician. He was the son of Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (c. 1655 – 1693) and Elizabeth Fox (c. 1654 – 1680/81). On 29 April 1693 he succeeded his father as Baron Cornwallis. He married Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, on 6 June 1699.[1] Between 1695 and 1698, he sat as Member of Parliament for Eye, as a Whig. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk between 1698 and 1703, and the office of Joint Postmaster-General between 1715 and 1721. The last two years of his life, from 1721 to January 1721/22 he held the office of Paymaster of the Forces in the Cabinet of Walpole and Townshend.[1][2]
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| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by Henry Poley Thomas Davenant |
Member of Parliament for Eye 1695–1698 With: Thomas Davenant 1690–1695 Sir Joseph Jekyll 1697–1710 |
Succeeded by Sir Joseph Jekyll Hon. Spencer Compton |
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| Preceded by Sir John Evelyn, Bt Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt |
Postmaster-General 1715–1721 With: James Craggs the Elder |
Succeeded by Edward Harrison Edward Carteret |
| Preceded by Robert Walpole |
Paymaster of the Forces 1721– 1722 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Wilmington |
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| Preceded by The Lord Cornwallis |
Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk 1698–1703 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Dysart |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by Charles Cornwallis |
Baron Cornwallis 1673–1698 |
Succeeded by Charles Cornwallis |
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