Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis
(1655-1698)
British politician
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Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis PC (28 December 1655 – 29 April 1698) was a British politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty. He succeeded his father Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis as Baron Cornwallis in 1673. On 27 December that year, at Westminster Abbey, he married Elizabeth Fox (d. 28 February 1681 in Tunbridge Wells), daughter of Sir Stephen Fox. Their son Charles succeeded him as 4th Baron Cornwallis. After Elizabeth's death, he married Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, widow of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
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Charles Cornwallis 28 December 1655
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29 April 1698 (aged 42)
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Sir William Cornwallis of Brome (d. 1611) · Great-grandfather · 1549-1611 · English courtier and politician
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Anne Cornwallis · Great-aunt · 1590-1635 · Cornwallis, Anne, countess of Argyll (d. 1635), Roman Catholic benefactor and supposed author
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