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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

1738 - 1805

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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, KG, PC (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator. In the United States and the United Kingdom, he is best known as one of the leading British general officers in the American War of Independence. His surrender in 1781 to a combined American and French force at the siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North America. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis has received more than 3,302,148 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis is the 287th most popular military personnel (up from 426th in 2019), the 560th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 848th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Military Personnel.

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis is most famous for being the general who surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown in 1781.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ranks 287 out of 1,468. Before him are Boris Shaposhnikov, Vasily Blyukher, Orda Khan, Kurt Knispel, Slobodan Praljak, and Ishida Mitsunari. After him are Nicolas Oudinot, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Jozef Gabčík, Meng Tian, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ranks 8. Before him are George III of the United Kingdom, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Cesare Beccaria, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Túpac Amaru II, and Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen. After him are Ethan Allen, Thomas Abbt, Johann Hermann, Aleijadinho, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, and Arthur Phillip. Among people deceased in 1805, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ranks 5. Before him are Friedrich Schiller, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Luigi Boccherini, and Jean-Baptiste Greuze. After him are Claude Chappe, Isabelle de Charrière, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Maria Theresa of Savoy, Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Mihrişah Sultan, and Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ranks 560 out of 7,765. Before him are Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415), Robert Robinson (1886), Mike Hawthorn (1929), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (1964). After him are James Clark Ross (1800), Bob Hoskins (1942), Jean Simmons (1929), James Dewar (1842), Eric Burdon (1941), and James II of Scotland (1430).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ranks 11. Before him are Bernard Montgomery (1887), Edward Smith (1850), Alexander Selkirk (1676), Rudolf Abel (1903), Gertrude Bell (1868), and John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650). After him are John Franklin (1786), Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), John Hanning Speke (1827), John Hawkins (1532), James Paul Moody (1887), and William Bligh (1754).

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