1744 - 1819
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William Cornwallis is a member of the following lists: Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies and Younger sons of earls.
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| Birthday |
10th February, 1744
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| Died |
5th July, 1819
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
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| Occupation |
Military
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Admiral of the Red Sir William Cornwallis, GCB (10 February 1744 – 5 July 1819) was a Royal Navy officer.
He was the brother of Charles Cornwallis, the 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British commander at the siege of Yorktown. Cornwallis took part in a number of decisive battles including the Siege of Louisbourg in 1758, when he was 14, and the Battle of the Saintes but is best known as a friend of Lord Nelson and as the commander-in-chief of the Channel Fleet during the Napoleonic Wars. He is depicted in the Horatio Hornblower novel, Hornblower and the Hotspur.
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