Name Charles 4th | Role Politician | |
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Spouse Lady Charlotte Butler (m. 1699) Parents Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis Children Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis Grandchildren Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, William Cornwallis, James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis Grandparents Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis Similar People William Cornwallis, Frederick Cornwallis, Edward Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis - 1st Marqu, Charles Townshend - 2nd Visco | ||
Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis PC (1675 – 20 January 1721/22) was a British politician.
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Background
He was the son of Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (c. 1655 – 1693) and Elizabeth Fox (c. 1654 – 1680/81). On 29 April 1693 he succeeded his father as Baron Cornwallis.
Political career
Between 1695 and 1698, he sat as Member of Parliament for Eye, as a Whig. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk between 1698 and 1703, and the office of Joint Postmaster-General between 1715 and 1721. The last two years of his life, from 1721 to January 1721/22 he held the office of Paymaster of the Forces in the Cabinet of Walpole and Townshend.
Family
A grandson of Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis, he married Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, on June 6, 1699. They had 10 children:
He was the grandfather of Charles, William, and James Cornwallis; the great-grandfather of Charles Cornwallis; the 2nd great-grandfather of James Mann; the 3rd great-grandfather of Fiennes Cornwallis; the 4th great-grandfather of Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis; the 5th great-grandfather of Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis; and the 6th great-grandfather of Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis.