Earl Cornwallis
Earl Cornwallis was a title in the
Member of Parliament for Eye. On his death, the titles passed to his son, the third Baron. He notably served as First Lord of the Admiralty. His son, the fourth Baron, was Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk and Postmaster General
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He was succeeded by his son, the fifth Baron. In 1753 he was created Viscount Brome, in the County of Suffolk, and Earl Cornwallis in the Peerage of Great Britain. His son, the second Earl, was a noted military commander, best known as one of the leading British generals in the
Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry from 1781 to 1824. He married Catherine, daughter of Galfridus Mann of Boughton Malherbe in Kent. He was succeeded by his son, the fifth Earl. He sat as Member of Parliament for Eye. In 1814 Lord Cornwallis assumed by Royal licence his maternal grandfather's surname of Mann in lieu of his patronymic. He had no surviving male issue and the earldom, viscountcy, barony and baronetcy became extinct on his death in 1852. His daughter Lady Jemima Isabella married Charles Wykeham-Martin. Their son Fiennes Wykeham-Martin assumed by Royal licence the surname of Cornwallis in lieu of his patronymic in 1859. In 1927 the Cornwallis title was revived when his son Fiennes Cornwallis was raised to the peerage as Baron Cornwallis
.
Several other members of the Cornwallis family also gained distinction. The Hon.
Halifax". His younger twin brother, the Right Reverend the Hon. Frederick Cornwallis, was Archbishop of Canterbury. The Hon. William Cornwallis, younger son of the first Earl and younger brother of the first Marquess, was an admiral in the Royal Navy
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Barons Cornwallis (1661)
- Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis (1610–1662)
- Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis (1632–1673)
- Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (1655–1698)
- Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis (1675–1722)
- Charles Cornwallis, 5th Baron Cornwallis (1700–1762) (created Earl Cornwallis in 1753)
Earls Cornwallis (1753)
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis (1700–1762)
- Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis (1738–1805) (created Marquess Cornwallis in 1792)
Marquesses Cornwallis (1792)
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805)
- Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis (1774–1823)
Earls Cornwallis (1753, reverted)
- James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis (1743–1824)
- James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis (1778–1852)
- Hon Charles James Cornwallis later Mann, styled Viscount Brome (1813-1835), heir apparent until his death with no other heirs in remainder to the title.
See also
References
- ^ Pages 144 and 199, Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]