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Baron Cornwallis is a British peerage title. It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1661 for Sir Frederick Cornwallis , who had previously been created an English baronet in 1627. The fifth Baron was created the Earl Cornwallis in 1753; in 1792 the second Earl was created the Marquess Cornwallis. At the death of the second Marquess, the marquessate became extinct; at the death of the fifth Earl, the earldom, barony, and baronetcy became extinct.The barony was next created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1927 and is still extant.
1 Barons Cornwallis, First Creation ( 1661)
- Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis ( 1610- 1662)
- Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis ( 1632- 1673)
- Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis ( 1655- 1698)
- Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis ( 1675Events January 5 The Battle of Turckeim August 10 Building of the Royal Greenwich Observatory began November 11 Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. Cassini discovers Saturn's Cassini Division Battle of Fehrbellin Births March 31 Pope Be- 1722Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivre's theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persia's Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. July 25)
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis, 5th Baron Cornwallis ( 1700Events January 1 Russia accepts Julian calendar. January 1 in around this year, Germany and Denmark- Norway adopt the Gregorian calendar, including the convention that New Year's Day is January 1st. January 26 Massive earthquake hits British Columbia.- 1762Events Neolin begins to preach. January 4 Britain declares war on Spain & Naples July 17 Catherine II becomes empress of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia. Empress Go-Sakuramachi ascends to the throne of Japan British East India Company seizes)
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis, 6th Baron CornwallisCharles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ( December 31, 1738- October 5, 1805) was a British general and colonial governor. In America, he is most remembered for his role in the American Revolutionary War. He was the eldest son of Charles Cornwallis, 5 ( 1738Events April 15 - Premiere in London of Serse an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. November 13 Ratification of the Treaty of Vienna The excavation of Herculaneum, a Roman city buried by Vesuvius in AD 79, begins. John and Charles Wesley form the Me- 1805Events January 11 Michigan Territory is created. February 15 Harmony Society officially formed March 1 Justice Samuel Chase acquitted of impeachment charges by the U. Senate April 27 United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (T)
- Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis, 3rd Earl Cornwallis, 7th Baron Cornwallis ( 1774Events January 21 Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid I. May 10 Louis XVI becomes King of France. June 2 Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to let British soldiers int- 1823)
- James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis, 8th Baron Cornwallis ( 1743- 1824)
- James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis, 9th Baron Cornwallis ( 1778- 1852)
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