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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, KG, PC (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator. In the United States and the United Kingdom, he is best known as one of the leading British general officers in the American War of Independence.
Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805), 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis, was a British military officer and statesman best known for surrendering to George Washington at the Siege of Yorktown, the final decisive engagement of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). After the war, Cornwallis went on to serve in administrative posts in India and ...
Charles, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805) Watercolour on ivory | 13.6 x 10.9 cm (sight) | RCIN 420856.
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis, 1738 - 1805. British soldier and statesman Date: 1831 After: John Singleton Copley (1737 - 1815) American
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805), General and diplomat. Sitter in 15 portraits.
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis, served as a general in the British Army during the American War for Independence. Cornwallis held commands in the colonies throughout the duration of the war and was frequently George Washington’s battlefield counterpart.
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