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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

1738 - 1805

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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805) 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. Cornwallis later served as a civil and military governor in Ireland, where he helped to bring about the Act of Union; and in India, where he helped to enact the Cornwallis Code and the Permanent Settlement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis is the 465th most popular military personnel (down from 393rd in 2019), the 1,055th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 736th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Military Personnel.

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis is most famous for being the general who surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown in 1781.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ranks 465 out of 2,058. Before him are Nogi Maresuke, Zhang He, Otto von Below, Mikhail Kirponos, Elisabeth Volkenrath, and Johannes Frießner. After him are Levin August von Bennigsen, Jan Kubiš, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Tamon Yamaguchi, Maher al-Assad, and Theodoros Kolokotronis.

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Among people born in 1738, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ranks 8. Before him are William Herschel, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Cesare Beccaria, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Túpac Amaru II, and Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen. After him are Thomas Abbt, Ethan Allen, Arthur Phillip, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Johann Hermann, and Aleijadinho. Among people deceased in 1805, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ranks 12. Before him are Claude Chappe, Maria Theresa of Savoy, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark. After him are Mihrişah Sultan, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, William Paley, Pehr Osbeck, and William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ranks 1,055 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864), Robert Knox (1791), Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham (1458), Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878), Anna Atkins (1799), and Julian Huxley (1887). After him are John Balliol (1249), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), James Lovelock (1919), Tim Roth (1961), Alexander III of Scotland (1241), and Arthur Cayley (1821).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ranks 22. Before him are Hugh Dowding (1882), Timothy Laurence (1955), Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), Charles Lee (1731), and Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891). After him are Harold Bride (1890), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), John Franklin (1786), William Bligh (1754), James Paul Moody (1887), and George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718).

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