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See also:CORNWALLIS, See also:CHARLES CORNWALLIS , 1st See also:MARQUESS (1738-1805), eldest son of Cnarles, 1st See also:earl of Cornwallis (1700-1762), was See also:born on the 31st of See also:December 1738. Having been educated at See also:Eton and See also:Clare See also:College, See also:Cambridge, he entered the See also:army. For some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he was member of See also:parliament for See also:Eye; in 1761 he served a See also:campaign in See also:Germany, and was gazetted to a See also:lieutenant-colonelcy in the 12th See also:Foot. In 1762 he succeeded to the earldom and estates of his See also:father; in 1765 he was made aide-de-See also:camp to the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king and See also:gentleman of the bedchamber; in 1766 he obtained a colonelcy in the 33rd Foot; and in 1770 he was appointed See also:governor of the See also:Tower. In public See also:life he was distinguished by See also:independence of See also:character and inflexible integrity; he voted without regard to party, and opposed the ministerial See also:action against Wilkes and in the See also:case of the See also:American colonies. But when the American See also:War of Independence See also:broke out, he accompanied his See also:regiment across the See also:Atlantic, and served not without success as See also:major-See also:general. In 178o he was appointed to command the See also:British forces in See also:South Carolina, and in the same See also:year he routed See also:Gates at See also:Camden. In 1781 he defeated See also:Greene at See also:Guilford See also:Court See also:House, and made a destructive See also:raid into See also:Virginia; but he was besieged at See also:Yorktown by See also:French and American armies and a French See also:fleet, and was forced to capitulate on the 19th of See also:October 1781. With him See also:fell the See also:English cause in the See also:United States. He not only escaped censure, however, but in 1786 received a vacant Garter, and was appointed governor-general of See also:India and See also:commander-in-See also:chief in See also:Bengal. As an See also:administrator he projected many reforms, but he was interrupted in his See also:work by the See also:quarrel with Tippoo See also:Sahib. In 1791 he assumed in See also:person the conduct of the war and captured See also:Bangalore; and in 1792 he laid See also:siege to See also:Seringapatam, and concluded a treaty with Tippoo Sahib, which stripped the latter of See also:half his See also:realm, and placed his two sons as hostages in the hands of the English. For the permanent See also:settlement of the See also:land See also:revenue under his See also:administration, see BENGAL. He returned to See also:England in 1793, received a marquessate and a seat in the privy See also:council, and was made See also:master-general of the See also:ordnance with a See also:place in the See also:Cabinet. In See also:June 1798 he was appointed to the viceroyalty of See also:Ireland, and the zeal with which he strove to pacify the See also:country gained him the respect and See also:good-will of both See also:Roman Catholics and See also:Orangemen. On the 17th of See also:July a general See also:amnesty was proclaimed, and a few See also:weeks afterwards the French army under See also:Humbert was surrounded and forced to surrender. In 18o1 Cornwallis was replaced by See also:Lord See also:Hardwicke, and soon after he was appointed plenipotentiary to negotiate the treaty of See also:Amiens (1802). In 18os he was again sent to India as governor-general, to replace Lord See also:Wellesley, whose policy was too advanced for the See also:directors of the See also:East India See also:Company. He was in See also:ill-See also:health when he arrived at See also:Calcutta, and while hastening up the country to assume command of the troops, he died at See also:Ghazipur, in the See also:district of See also:Benares, on the 5th of October 1805. He was succeeded as 2nd marquess by his only son, Charles (1774-1823). On his See also:death the marquessate became See also:extinct, but the See also:title of Earl Cornwallis passed to his See also:uncle, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James (1743-1824), who was See also:bishop of See also:Lichfield from 1781 until his death. His son and successor, James, the 5th earl, whose son predeceased him in 1835, died in May 1852, when the Cornwallis titles became extinct.
See W. S. See also:Seton-See also:Karr, The Marquess Cornwallis, " Rulers of India " See also:series (1890).
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