Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis

Colonel Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis KCVO, KBE, MC (4 March 1892 – 4 January 1982), was a British peer.

Background and education

Cornwallis was born at Linton, Kent, the second son of Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis and his wife Mabel Leigh. He had two brothers and four sisters. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.^[1]

Career

During the First World War he served with the Royal Scots Greys on the general staff in France and Flanders. He was wounded and awarded the Military Cross. He was later Honorary Colonel of Thames and Medway Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery. Keen on cricket, he played the First-class cricket for Kent between 1919 and 1926. He succeeded his father in the barony in 1935 and was Chairman of the Kent County Council between 1935 and 1936.^[1]

Family

Lord Cornwallis was twice married. He married firstly Cecily Etha Mary, daughter of Captain Sir James Heron Walker, 3rd Baronet, in 1917. They had two children:

• Hon. Rosamond Patricia Susan Anne Cornwallis, 15 May 1918 – 3 September 1960
• Fiennes Neil Wykeham Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (1921–2010)

After her death in 1943 he married secondly Esme Ethel Alice, daughter of Montmorency d'Beaumont and widow of Sir Robert James Milo Walker, 4th Baronet, in 1948. They had no children. Cornwallis died in January 1982, aged 89, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Fiennes.^[1]

References

• Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition).
  New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. ISBN 0-333-38847-X
• The Descendants of William the Conqueror Page 104
• Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science The Conwallis Family
• Province of East Kent History of our Province
• The Chatham News Index Electronic Edition
• CricketArchive: Stanley Cornwallis