CORNWALLIS, Hon. Charles (c.1675-1722).

Family and Education

b. c. 1675, 1st s. of Charles, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, by his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Stephen Fox*, and sis. of Charles Fox*. educ. Eton c.1690–4; Camb. Univ. LL.D. 1717. m. 6 June 1699 (with £3,000), Lady Charlotte Butler (d. 1725), da. and h. of Richard, 1st Earl of Arran [I] (d. 1686), 9s. 3da. suc. fa. as 4th Baron Cornwallis 29 Apr. 1698. Eton Coll. Reg. ed. Sterry, 86; Add. 51326, f. 118; CSP Dom. 1699–1700, p. 221.

Offices Held

Capt. 4 Drag. Gds. 1694–7; jt. postmaster gen. 1715– Apr. 1721; paymaster of forces Apr. 1721–d.; PC 11 Nov. 1721. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxix. 390.

Ld. lt. and custos rot. Suff. 1698–1703; recorder, Eye 1697–d; freeman, Bury St. Edmunds 1705. CSP Dom. 1698, pp. 277–8; HMC 10th Rep IV, 521; Suff. RO (Bury St. Edmunds), Bury St. Edmunds bor. recs. EE500 D4/1/3(a), p. 216.

Parlimentarian

CORNWALLIS, Hon. Charles (c.1675-1722).

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

CORNWALLIS, Hon. Charles (c.1675-1722)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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