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unusual facts about Cornwallis


Cornwallis's Retreat

Cornwallis led his squadron southwest, rounding Ushant on the night of 7–8 June and cruising southwards down the Breton coast past the Penmarck Rocks.


2nd New Jersey Regiment

On 29 August 1781, the Continental army left Springfield, New Jersey, bound for Virginia in an effort to trap British forces under Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown.

A Very Crappy Christmas

Meanwhile, Cornwallis, who has sunk further into depression, reveals his feelings to his father, who comforts him by singing "The Cycle of Poo", based on the songs "Circle of Life" from The Lion King and "We Are One" from The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride.

Alexandre Francois Auguste de Grasse

His father, Admiral de Grasse, commanded the French fleet which surprised Cornwallis at Yorktown and forced a surrender.

Battle of Spencer's Ordinary

Lafayette, whose force grew to number about 4,000 with the arrival of Continental Army reinforcements under General Anthony Wayne and additional experienced militiamen under William Campbell, followed Cornwallis.

Benjamin Lincoln

In the Battle of Bound Brook he was defeated by a much larger force under the command of Lord Cornwallis, barely escaping capture.

Bowen Southwell

In July 1753, he married Lady Elizabeth Cornwallis, oldest daughter of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis.

Capture of USS President

The two American ships then mistook the British ship of the line HMS Cornwallis for an East Indiaman.

Cecil Ponsonby

Arthur Cornwallis Ponsonby (1856—1918; 4th son of Walter Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough) and Kathleen Eva Sillery (d. 1944).

Constance Lewes

Constance Edwina Cornwallis-West was the youngest child of William and Mary Cornwallis-West.

Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Viscount Hawarden

He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his only son Cornwallis, who was created Earl de Montalt in 1886.

Cornwallis Square, Nova Scotia

When the rural community of Woodville was included in the service area in the 1960s the name was changed to Cornwallis Square.

Duchy of Pless

Hans Heinrich XV succeeded in 1907; he had married Mary Theresa Cornwallis-West, better known as Daisy, Princess of Pless.

Ebenezer Huntington

Now a Lieutenant Colonel, he was given command of a light infantry regiment and marched with Washington to Yorktown where he witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis.

Encyclopædia Britannica Second Edition

Volume 10 was written the year after Cornwallis capitulated and sovereignty was recognized.

Fluvanna County militia

By May 1781, Cornwallis was determined to break the back of the Virginians and sent Lt. Col. Simcoe and a detachment of rangers to capture Point of Fork.

Fort Cornwallis

For example, the judge of the Supreme Court of Penang, Sir Edmond Stanley, was first housed at Fort Cornwallis when the court opened on 31 May 1808.

Frederick Richard West

His second marriage was in 1827 to Theresa John Cornwallis Whitby, the only daughter of Captain John Whitby RN, and Mary Anna Theresa Symonds.

Frederick West

Frederick Richard West (1799–1862), his son, British MP for Denbigh and East Grinstead, father of William Cornwallis-West

George Cornwallis-West

George Cornwallis-West was noted primarily for his glamorous marriages, the first to Jennie Jerome, mother of Winston Churchill, and the second to the renowned actress Stella Campbell, who was also known on the stage as Mrs. Patrick Campbell.

Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake

Cornwallis, however, died in October of the same year and Lake pursued Holkar into the Punjabbut by seeing the stronger position of Yashwanrao Holker and his effort to gather all Indian princes under one flag against British, British East India Company signed treaty with Yashwantrao Holker of peace making and given back Holker all his territory with full power of sovereignty with no interference British East India Company.

Huntsville, North Carolina

On February 7, 1781, General Cornwallis, in pursuit of American General Nathanael Greene, led his troops across the Yadkin River at the Shallow Ford.

James Dunlop of Dunlop

After the war he was transferred to India as Captain in the 77th Foot and served under Cornwallis in the Third Anglo-Mysore War.

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

He was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.

Kate Barry

Her warning helped to prepare the colonial forces to defeat the British governor, Cornwallis and his men and drive them north, out of the state of South Carolina.

Kings County, Nova Scotia

Between 1760 and 1768 some 8000 New England Planters arrived in Nova Scotia, the largest number settling in Kings County in three agricultural townships: Horton, Cornwallis, and Aylesford.

Louis Price

He also provided singing vocals for Cornwallis for the "Circle of Poo" song in the South Park episode "A Very Crappy Christmas", incorrectly credited as "Lewis Price".

Mann baronets

Their son James Cornwallis assumed by Royal licence the surname of Mann in lieu of Cornwallis in 1814.

Mary Cornwallis-West

Cornwallis-West became notorious for using her influence over the Prince of Wales to arrange marriages for her children, particularly the marriage of her younger daughter to the wealthy Duke of Westminster.

Oswald Cornwallis

Their absence was allowed following the death of their brother, Lieutenant Fiennes Wykeham Mann Cornwallis who was killed in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence by the IRA.

Port Blair

After two years, the colony moved to the northeast part of Great Andaman and was named Port Cornwallis after Admiral William Cornwallis.

Rhode Island Army National Guard

Over twenty Rhode Island units had fought for independence including the First Rhode Island Continentals who stood at Yorktown for the surrender of British General Cornwallis.

Richard Earlom

Among his historical and figure subjects are Agrippina, after Benjamin West; Love in Bondage, after Guido Reni; the Royal Academy, the Embassy of Hyderbeck to meet Lord Cornwallis, Colonel Mordant's Cock Fight and a Tiger Hunt, all after Johan Zoffany, and Lord Heathfield, after Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Sally Jones

In 1986, she took up Real Tennis and won the world championship at Bordeaux in 1993 (Ladies Real Tennis Association), beating Charlotte Cornwallis in the final, as well as two British Open and two US Open championships.

Samuel Wilson

Samuel’s service to the Revolutionary Army most likely came to an end around October 19, 1781 with the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.

Thomas Cornwallis

In 1635 Cornwallis fought the Virginian colonist William Claiborne over the jurisdiction of Kent Island, and captured it in 1638.

Thomas Simson Pratt

In the attacks on Canton from 24 May to 1 June, he was in command of his regiment, and was present also at the demonstration before Nanking, and at the signing of the Treaty of Nanking on board HMS Cornwallis.

Walter Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough

On 15 January 1850 he married Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot, daughter of Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans, and his wife Lady Jemima Cornwallis.

William Cornwallis-West

Cornwallis-West married Mary ("Patsy"), daughter of Reverend Frederick Fitzpatrick, in 1872.


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