Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis

Portrait of Cornwallis (circa 1705-1715), by Sir Godfrey Kneller

Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis PC (1675 – 20 January 1721/22) was a British politician. He was the son of Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (c. 1655 – 1693) and Elizabeth Fox (c. 1654 – 1680/81). On 29 April 1693 he succeeded his father as Baron Cornwallis. He married Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, on 6 June 1699.^[1] Between 1695 and 1698, he sat as Member of Parliament for Eye, as a Whig. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk between 1698 and 1703, and the office of Joint Postmaster-General between 1715 and 1721. The last two years of his life, from 1721 to January 1721/22 he held the office of Paymaster of the Forces in the Cabinet of Walpole and Townshend.^[1][2]

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Henry Poley Thomas Davenant	Member of Parliament for Eye 1695–1698 With: Thomas Davenant 1690–1695 Sir Joseph Jekyll 1697–1710	Succeeded by Sir Joseph Jekyll Hon. Spencer Compton
Political offices
Preceded by Sir John Evelyn, Bt Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt	Postmaster-General 1715–1721 With: James Craggs the Elder	Succeeded by Edward Harrison Edward Carteret
Preceded by Robert Walpole	Paymaster of the Forces 1721– 1722	Succeeded by The Earl of Wilmington
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Cornwallis	Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk 1698–1703	Succeeded by The Earl of Dysart
Peerage of England
Preceded by Charles Cornwallis	Baron Cornwallis 1673–1698	Succeeded by Charles Cornwallis

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Mosley 2003, p. 903
2. ^ http://thepeerage.com/p19798.htm#i197979

Bibliography

• Mosley, Charles, ed (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. 1 (107th ed.). Genealogical Books.