Background
He was the second surviving son of Frederick Cornewall of Delbury (1706–1788), captain in the royal navy, by Mary, daughter of Francis Herbert of Ludlow, first cousin of the first Earl of Powis.
He was the second surviving son of Frederick Cornewall of Delbury (1706–1788), captain in the royal navy, by Mary, daughter of Francis Herbert of Ludlow, first cousin of the first Earl of Powis.
He was educated for the church, in which, having studied at Eton College and graduated Bachelor of Arts at Saint John"s College, Cambridge, in 1777, he took orders.
Charles Cornewall was his granduncle. for Ludlow in 1780. He proceeded Master of Arts He was preferred to a canonry at Windsor in 1784 and appointed master of Wigston"s Hospital, Leicester, in 1790, dean of Canterbury in 1792, bishop of Bristol in 1797. He exchanged this see to become bishop of Hereford in 1803, and in 1808 he was translated to be bishop of Worcester.
He died on 5 September 1831 at Hartlebury, and was buried in the family vault at Delbury, Shropshire.
He published "A Sermon preached before the House of Commons on 30 January 1782," and also "A Fast Sermon preached before the House of Lords in 1798.".
