William Cornwallis

(1744-1819)

Royal Navy admiral

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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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Born	10 February 1744
Died	5 July 1819 (aged 75)
Zodiac	Aquarius
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis · Father · 1700-1762 · British peer edit info

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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis · Brother · 1738-1805 · British Army officer edit info

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James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis · Brother · 1743-1824 · British bishop edit info

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Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis · Grandfather · 1675-1722 · British politician edit info

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Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis · Nephew · 1774-1823 · British politician edit info

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