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.
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.
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. They had 10 children:
Charles
Stephen
Charlotte (1704 - ?)
John (1705 - 1768)
Richard (1708 - 1741)
Elizabeth (1709 - ?)
Mary (1711 - ?)
Edward and Frederick
Henry (1715 - ?)
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.
Between 1695 and 1698, he sat as Member of Parliament for Eye, as a Whig.