| LC control no. | n 88148317 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805 |
| Variant(s) | Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquis, 1738-1805 Cornwallis, Lord, 1738-1805 |
| See also | Bengal (India). Governor-General (1786-1793 : Cornwallis) Bengal (India). Governor-General (1805 : Cornwallis) |
| Associated country | Great Britain U.S. India Ireland |
| Birth date | 1738 |
| Death date | 1805 |
| Field of activity | Military art and science |
| Affiliation | East India Company |
| Profession or occupation | Generals Governors general |
| Found in | Aspinall, A. Cornwallis in Bengal, 1987: pref. (Governor-Generalship of Lord Cornwallis) LC cat. of print. cds., 1942, v. 9, p. 594 sub. hdg.: (Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquis, 1738-1805) Encyc. Brit., 1968 (Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquis, 1738-1805) LC data base, 1/3/89 (hdg.: Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquis, 1738-1805) DNB (Cornwallis, Charles, first Marquis and second Earl Cornwallis; 1738-1805) University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections Library. J.G.M. Ramsey family papers, 1790-1912 (Lord Cornwallis; Cornwallis) Wikipedia website, Dec. 14, 2007 (British military commander and colonial governor; best remembered in U.S. as one of the primary British generals in the American Revolutionary War; central role as British commander in Southern Campaign; initiated 2nd siege of Charleston during the spring of 1780) |
| Associated language | eng |
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