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Charles Cornwallis

English diplomat, died 1629
Person Human Q5076484

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[22]
Date of birth
1555, 1547[7]
Date of death
1629, December 21, 1629[8]
Place of birth
Suffolk
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of England[18]
Occupation
diplomat, politician, knight
Position held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1604-11 Parliament, ambassador of the Kingdom of England to the Kingdom of Spain[19][20][21]
Father
Thomas Cornwallis[9]
Mother
Anne Jerningham[10]
Spouse
Elizabeth Farnham, Dorothy Vaughan, Elizabeth Barrow[11][12][13]
Child
William Cornwallis, Dorothy Cornwallis, Thomas Cornwallis, Sir Francis Cornwallis[14][15][16][17]
Sibling
Elizabeth Kitson[29]
Depicted by
Sir Charles Cornwallis[26]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900[27]
Family name
Cornwallis[24]
Given name
Charles[25]
Honorific prefix
Sir[23]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
TP updated between September 2019 and August 2020[30]
Place of detention
Tower of London[28]
🏷️ Also known as
en Charles Cornwallis en Sir Charles Cornwallis
🔖 Identifiers · 27
ISNI
0000000059540643
VIAF cluster ID
37261681
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85088704
GND ID
100444970
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Sir Charles Cornwallis.jpg ↗
Biblissima authority ID
Tractor F.C
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts person ID
5645
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01387104
DDB person (GND) ID
100444970
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
100444970
Digital portrait index person (GND) ID
100444970
Early Modern Letters Online person ID
efae23c0-25f0-46e2-bd19-e24f506b9df0
Show all 27 identifiers +15
FAST ID
1964100
Freebase ID
/m/0g9tm1n
Genealogics.org person ID
I00387898
History of Parliament ID
1604-1629/member/cornwallis-sir-charles-1555-1629
J9U entity ID
987014797609105171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX936699
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp01036
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
126979006
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
6337
SNAC ARK ID
w6f487jb
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
10002849
The Peerage person ID
p25286.htm#i252857
WeRelate person ID
Charles_Cornwallis_(1)
WikiTree person ID
Cornwallis-6
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdGTbP9DchfBBrBGP4g8C

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Summary

Charles Cornwallis was born in 1555[1] in Suffolk[2]. He died in 1629[3]. He worked as a diplomat[4], politician[5], and knight[6].

FAQs

Where was Charles Cornwallis born?

Charles Cornwallis's place of birth was Suffolk[2].

Who were Charles Cornwallis's parents?

Charles Cornwallis's father was Thomas Cornwallis[9]. Charles Cornwallis's mother was Anne Jerningham[10].

Who was Charles Cornwallis married to?

Charles Cornwallis's spouses include Elizabeth Farnham[11], Dorothy Vaughan[12], and Elizabeth Barrow[13].

What did Charles Cornwallis do for work?

Charles Cornwallis worked as a diplomat[4], politician[5], and knight[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . The Peerage. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . The Peerage. wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . The History of Parliament. wikidata.org.
  11. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . The Peerage. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . The Peerage. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Genealogics. wikidata.org.
  16. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [1] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
  21. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [3] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
  23. [8] ↑ . The Peerage. wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Tractor F.C
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q32358, Import ID Biblissima V3 (details)"
  2. 17w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    J9U entity ID → 987014797609105171
    "Created claim: J9U entity ID: 987014797609105171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783585106232; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
  3. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Digital portrait index person (GND) ID → 100444970
    "Created claim: Digital portrait index person (GND) ID: 100444970, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783130387391"
  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → diplomat, politician, knight
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32116: import P21 and P106 from GND (29)"
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