Background
Cornwallis was the only son of General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, by his wife Jemima (née Jones). His mother died when he was four years old.
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Charles Cornwallis
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He was educated at Eton and Street John"s College, Cambridge, receiving his Master of Arts
Career
He served as Master of the Buckhounds between 1807 and 1823. In 1795.
He then sat as a Knight of the Shire for Suffolk until 1805, when he succeeded his father in the marquessate and entered the House of Lords. In 1807 he was appointed Master of the Buckhounds, a post he held until his death fourteen years later.
Lord Cornwallis married Lady Louisa Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, in 1797.
They had five daughters, including Lady Jane Cornwallis, wife of Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, and Lady Jemima Cornwallis, wife of Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of Street Germans. He died in August 1823, aged 48.
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United Kingdom