Cornwallis (disambiguation)
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See also Lord Cornwallis (disambiguation)

Cornwallis is the name of an aristocratic English family, the Barons Cornwallis

Notable members of the family include:

• Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (1655-1698), who served as First Lord of the Admiralty
• Edward Cornwallis (1713-1766), British colonialist and founder of Halifax, Canada
• Frederick Cornwallis (1713-1783), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805), British general during the American Revolution, and governor-general of India
• William Cornwallis (1744-1819), a British admiral during the Napoleonic Wars

Other people named Cornwallis

• Thomas Cornwallis (1605-1675) - one of the first commissioners of the Province of Maryland (brother of Sir William)
• Sir William Cornwallis, a British essayist
• William Cornwallis Symonds, a British officer in New Zealand
• George Cornwallis-West, stepfather of Winston Churchill
• Gregory "Corn" Hightower, AKA Cornwallis, lord of the Harvest

Fictional characters

• Cornwallis, a briefly seen character who is a child of Mr. Hanky on the television show South Park.

Places named Cornwallis

• Cornwallis Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia
• Cornwallis River, Kings County, Nova Scotia
• Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Cornwallis Junior High School in Halifax, named for Edward Cornwallis
• Cornwallis, Manitoba (rural municipality), Canada
• Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Canada
• CFB Cornwallis, a former Canadian Forces Base
• Dauan Island - formerly known as Cornwallis Island. See List of Torres Strait Islands

Things named Cornwallis

• Cornwallis Valley Railway, a branchline of the Dominion Atlantic Railway
• HMS Cornwallis, a number of ships of the Royal Navy
• CCGS Edward Cornwallis, a ship of the Canadian Coast Guard

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