Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis

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name = Fiennes Cornwallis
1st Baron Cornwallis


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birth_name = Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis
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birth_place = Chalcombe Priory, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
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Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis,
(27 May 1864 – 26 September 1935), was a British Conservative politician.

Early life

Lord Cornwallis was born 27 May 1864 at Chalcombe Priory, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. the eldest son of Major Fiennes Cornwallis [ Was born "Fiennes Wykeham-Martin", but changed his name to "Cornwallis" after an inheritance.] and Harriet Elizabeth (née Mott).
Had one brother and two sisters [His siblings were:-
* Arthur Wykeham Cornwallis 1865– 1952.
* Helen Florence Cornwallis 1867– 1957.
* Caroline Vere Cornwallis 1868– 1909.] and was educated at Eton College. [ Old Etonians born in 1860's ]

Political career

He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Maidstone in 1888, a seat he held until 1895 and again from 1898 to 1900. He was also Chairman of the Kent County Council between 1910 and 1930. In 1927 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Cornwallis [ Second creation of Baron Cornwallis in 1927, first being in 1661 ] , of Linton in the County of Kent.

Family life

Lord Cornwallis married Mabel Leigh, daughter of Oswald Peter Leigh, in 1886. They had seven children, three sons and four daughters. [His children were:-
* Lt. Fiennes Wykeham Mann Cornwallis, 1890 – 1921
* Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis, 1892 – 1982
* Capt. Oswald Wykeham Cornwallis, R.N., 1894 – 1974
* Lady Julia Dorothy Cochrane (née Cornwallis), 1887 – 1971
* Lady Vere Mabel Steel (née Cornwallis), 1889 – 1964
* Hon. Yvonne Cecil (née Cornwallis), 1896 – 1983
* Hon. Bridget Frances Kate Petherick (née Cornwallis) born 1900] Their eldest son Lieutenant Fiennes Wykeham Mann Cornwallis was killed in Ireland in May 1921 during the Irish War of Independence whilst off-duty by the IRA
Lord Cornwallis died on September 1935, aged 71, and was succeeded in the barony by his second son Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis. Lady Cornwallis died in 1957.

Freemasonry

Was an emanate Freemason and was Provincial Grand master of Kent and a "Past Grand Warden" [ A "Past" rank is an honorific title and not an active officer. ] in the United Grand Lodge of England.Stanley Wykeham Lodge 6599 [ [http://www.stanleywykeham-lodge.co.uk Stanley Wykeham Lodge 6599] ] was named for him.

Bibliography

*Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition).
New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. ISBN 033338847X

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References

* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/ www.thepeerage.com]
* [http://www.william1.co.uk/w102.htm The Decendants of William the Conqueror] Page 104
* [http://www.harvestfields.ca/01/205.htm Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science] The Conwallis Family
* [http://www.eastkentfreemasons.org/history.shtml Province of East Kent] History of our Province