Charles
Edward
"1st Marquess Cornwallis"
Cornwallis
KG PC
Born in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London. England
Ancestors 
Husband of
Jemima Tullikens (Jones) Cornwallis
— married
14 Jul 1768 in Suffolk, England
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Cornwallis) Singleton and Charles Cornwallis
Died
at age 66
in Gauspur, Ghazipur, Kingdom of Kashi
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Biography
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG, PC (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805), styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. In the United States and the United Kingdom he is best remembered as one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence. His surrender in 1781 to a combined American and French force at the Siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North America. He also served as a civil and military governor in Ireland and India; in both places he brought about significant changes, including the Act of Union in Ireland, and the Cornwallis Code and the Permanent Settlement in India.[1]
Parents: Charles Cornwallis and Elizabeth Townshend
Spouse: On 14 July 1768 he married Jemima Tullekin Jones, daughter of a regimental colonel. The union was, by all accounts, happy. They settled in Culford, Suffolk, where their children, Mary (28 June 1769 – 17 July 1840), and Charles were born. Jemima died on 14 April 1779.[2]
Children:
- Mary Singleton
- Charles Cornwallis
Sources
- THE PEERAGE 197984
- Wikipedia:Charles_Cornwallis
- Google Books, Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, Sir Egerton Brydges]. Authors Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges. Publisher: F. C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and son, 1812. Original from Harvard University. Digitized: Nov 6, 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2015, amb
See also:
- 'Jane Austen's Family through Five Generations' by Maggie Lane, published by Robert Hale Limited, London. ISBN 0 7090 4832 7. Includes extensive family trees. Details of contemporaries and other connections are also mentioned in the text.Jane Austen's Family through Five Generations
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