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4 unusual facts about William Cornwallis


Constance Lewes

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

Port Blair

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

Thomas Cornwallis

Thomas was probably the son (or brother) of the author William Cornwallis.

William Cornwallis-West

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


Hornblower and the Hotspur

When Admiral William Cornwallis tries to put him in a position where he can make easy prize money by capturing a large shipment of Spanish gold, he instead takes on a stronger enemy frigate sent to warn the convoy and keeps it from accomplishing its mission.


see also

Frederick West

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