Folliott Cornewall

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Folliott Herbert Walker Cornewall (bapt. 9 May 1754 – 5 September 1831) was an English bishop of three sees.

Life

Folliott (or Folliot) Herbert Cornewall was baptised in

Fellow from 1777 to 1784.[4]

Cornewall was ordained as a

Windsor in 1784.[3]

Cornewall inherited the estates of his older brother,

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.[3]

In 1817 he served as treasurer of the

Salop Infirmary in Shrewsbury.[6]

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.

Marriage and family

Cornewall married Anne (d. 15 December 1795), eldest daughter of

canon of Windsor, n 19 June 1787, at Taplow, Buckinghamshire.[2] The couple had three children:[5]

  • Frederick Hamilton Cornewall (1791–1845)
  • Marianne Cornewall (1793–1865)
  • Herbert Cornewall (1794–1863)

Folliot Cornewall died at Hartlebury on 5 September 1831 aged 77, and was buried in the family vault at Diddlebury, Shropshire.

According to the

Gentleman's Magazine, he "was possessed of fair scholarship, strong good sense, polished manners, and an amiable temper: and had passed a virtuous and exemplary life."[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cornewall, Folliott Herbert Walker (1777–1831) (CCEd Person ID 91888)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835.
  2. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6328. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  3. ^ a b c d Rigg, James McMullen (1887). "Cornewall, Folliott Herbert Walker" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  4. ^ "Cornewall, Folliott Herbert [Walker] (CNWL772FH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ a b Foljambe, Cecil George; Reade, Compton (1908). The House of Cornewall. Hereford: Jakeman and Carver. pp. 135–138.
  6. ISBN 09507849-0-7
    .
  7. ^ "Obituary: The Bishop of Worcester". Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. 101/2. October 1831. p. 370.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
William Welfitt
 Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons
1780–1784 		Succeeded by
Philip Williams
Preceded by Dean of Canterbury
1792–1797 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Bristol
1797–1802 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Hereford
1802–1808 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Worcester
1808–1831 		Succeeded by
Robert James Carr
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