Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis

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The Most Honourable The Marquess Cornwallis

Master of the Buckhounds
In office 13 May 1807 – 9 August 1823
Monarchs	George III George IV
Prime Minister	The Duke of Portland Spencer Perceval The Earl of Liverpool
Preceded by	The Earl of Albemarle
Succeeded by	The Lord Maryborough

Personal details
Born	19 October 1774
Died	9 August 1823 (1823-08-10) (aged 48)
Nationality	British
Spouse	Lady Louisa Gordon
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge

Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis (19 October 1774 – 9 August 1823), styled Viscount Brome until 1805, was a British Tory politician. He served as Master of the Buckhounds between 1807 and 1823.

Background

Cornwallis was the only son of General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, by his wife Jemima (née Jones). His mother died when he was four years old.^[1] He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge, receiving his M.A. in 1795.^[2]

Career

In 1795 Cornwallis was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Eye (alongside his uncle William Cornwallis), a seat he held until 1796.^[3] He then sat as a Knight of the Shire for Suffolk until 1805,^[4] when he succeeded his father in the marquessate and entered the House of Lords.^[1] In 1807 he was appointed Master of the Buckhounds, a post he held until his death fourteen years later.^[5]

On 26 May 1803 he was appointed Colonel of the East Suffolk Militia, and continued in command until his death.^[6]^[7]

Family

Lord Cornwallis married Lady Louisa Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, in 1797. They had five daughters, including Lady Jane Cornwallis, wife of Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, and Lady Jemima Cornwallis, wife of Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans. He died in August 1823, aged 48. The marquessate became extinct on his death while he was succeeded in his remaining titles by his uncle, the Right Reverend James Cornwallis.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c thepeerage.com Sir Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis
^ "Cornwallis, Charles, Viscount Brome (CNWS792C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
^ British History Online: The buckhounds 1660-1837
^ War Office, A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom, 11th Edn, London: War Office, 14 October 1805/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84574-207-2.
^ Lt-Col E.A.H. Webb, History of the 12th (The Suffolk) Regiment 1685–1913, London: Spottiswoode, 1914/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2001, ISBN 978-1-84342-116-0, pp. 431–2.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Hon. William Cornwallis Peter Bathurst	Member of Parliament for Eye 1795–1796 With: Hon. William Cornwallis	Succeeded by Hon. William Cornwallis Mark Singleton
Preceded by Sir John Rous, Bt Sir Charles Bunbury, Bt	Member of Parliament for Suffolk 1796–1801 With: Sir Charles Bunbury, Bt	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Suffolk 1801–1805 With: Sir Charles Bunbury, Bt	Succeeded by Sir Charles Bunbury, Bt Thomas Gooch
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Albemarle	Master of the Buckhounds 1806–1823	Succeeded by The Lord Maryborough
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Charles Cornwallis	Marquess Cornwallis 1805–1823	Extinct
Preceded by Charles Cornwallis	Earl Cornwallis 1805–1823	Succeeded by James Cornwallis