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Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis
British politician
Biography
Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis PC (28 December 1655 – 29 April 1698) was an English politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, in which capacity he personally served as Colonel of the Suffolk Militia Horse in 1692. He succeeded his father Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis as Baron Cornwallis in 1673. On 27 December that year, at Westminster Abbey, he married Elizabeth Fox (d. 28 February 1681 in Tunbridge Wells), daughter of Sir Stephen Fox. They had four sons:
Charles, 4th Baron Cornwallis (1675–20 January 1722)
William (?-9 May 1679)
James (?-30 May 1680)
John (?-before 1698)
After Elizabeth's death, on 6 May 1688 he married Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, widow of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, with whom she later had three children:
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Career highlights
Career & roles
- Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk
- First Lord of the Admiralty
Family
- Spouse(s)
- Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of BuccleuchElizabeth Fox
- Children
- Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron CornwallisIsabella Cornwallis
- Parents
- Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron CornwallisMargaret Playsted
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