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General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator. In the United States and United Kingdom, he is best known as one of the leading British general officers in the American War of Independence. His surrender in 1781 to a combined Franco-American force at the siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North America. Cor…
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Born 31 December 1738 · Died 5 October 1805 · Q164723
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My occupation is now of the most unpleasant nature, negotiating and jobbing with the most corrupt people under heaven. I despise and hate myself every hour for engaging in such dirty work, and am supported only by the reflection that without a Union the British Empire must be dissolved.
Career landmark: Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1798–1801).
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
“My occupation is now of the most unpleasant nature, negotiating and jobbing with the most corrupt people under heaven. I despise and hate myself every hour for engaging in such dirty work, and am supported only by the reflection that without a Union the British Empire must be dissolved.”
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And funded by a public subscription raised by the people of Bengal
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Died 1805-10-05.
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Cornwallis was reappointed Governor-General of India by Pitt (who had again become prime minister), this time to curb the expansionist activity of Lord Wellesley (older brother of Colonel Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke
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Of the Act of Union by the Parliament of Ireland, a necessary step in the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Career landmark: Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1798–1801).
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Career landmark: Master-General of the Ordnance (1795–1801).
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Awarded Knight of the Garter (1786).
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Career landmark: Governor-General of India (1786–1793).
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Career landmark: Constable of the Tower (1784–1805).
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Career landmark: Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets (1784–1805).
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Career landmark: Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets (1771–1784).
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Career landmark: Constable of the Tower (1770–1784).
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Career landmark: Member of Parliament of Great Britain (1760).
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Born 1738-12-31.
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