Folliott Herbert Walker Cornewall (1754–1831) was an English bishop of three sees.
He was the second son of Frederick Cornewall of Delbury (1706–1788), captain in the royal navy, by Mary, daughter of Francis Herbert of Ludlow, first cousin of the first Earl of Powis. Charles Cornewall was his granduncle. His brother Frederick (d. 1783) was M.P. for Ludlow in 1780. He was educated for the church, in which, having studied at Eton College and graduated B.A. at St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1777, he took orders.[1]
He proceeded M.A. in 1780, and the same year, through the interest of his second cousin, Charles Wolfran Cornwall, speaker of the House of Commons, he obtained the post of chaplain to the Commons. He was preferred to a canonry at Windsor in 1784 and appointed master of Wigston's Hospital, Leicester, in 1790, dean of Canterbury in 1792, bishop of Bristol in 1797. He exchanged this see to become bishop of Hereford in 1803, and in 1808 he was translated to be bishop of Worcester.
He died on 5 September 1831 at Hartlebury, and was buried in the family vault at Delbury, Shropshire. Cornewall married Anne, eldest daughter of George Hamilton, canon of Windsor, by whom he had issue two sons and one daughter. He published 'A Sermon preached before the House of Commons on 30 Jan. 1782,' and also 'A Fast Sermon preached before the House of Lords in 1798.'
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William Buller |
Dean of Canterbury 1792–1797 |
Succeeded by Thomas Powys |
| Preceded by Henry Reginald Courtenay |
Bishop of Bristol 1797–1802 |
Succeeded by George Pelham |
| Preceded by John Butler |
Bishop of Hereford 1802–1808 |
Succeeded by John Luxmore |
| Preceded by Richard Hurd |
Bishop of Worcester 1808–1831 |
Succeeded by Robert James Carr |