Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis

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name = Wykeham Cornwallis
2nd Baron Cornwallis


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birth_name = Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis
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birth_place = Linton , Kent, England
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Sandhurst
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predecessor = 1st Baron Conwallis
successor = 3rd Baron Cornwallis
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Esme Ethel Alice
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Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis
(4 March 1892 – 4 January 1982)

Early life

Was born in 1892 at Linton , Kent, England , the second son of Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis and Mabel (née Leigh).
Had two borther and four sisters [His Siblings were :-
* Lt. Fiennes Wykeham Mann Cornwallis, 1890 – 1921
* 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] and was educated at Eton College [
Old Etonians born in 1890's] then Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Keen on Cricket, played the First Class Game for Kent [Played between 1919 – 1926.]
Succeeded to the title of 2rd Baron Cornwallis in 1935 and was Chairman of the Kent County Council between 1935 and 1936.

Military career

During WWI, served with the Royal Scots Greys.. Was wounded and received the Military Cross. Served on the general staff in France and Flanders. Later was Honorary Colonel of Thames and Medway Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery.

Family life

Married twice, finitially to Cecily Etha Mary (née Walker), daughter of Captain Sir James Heron Walker, until her death in 1943. They had two children. [Children were:-
* Hon. Rosamond Patricia Susan Anne Cornwallis, 15 May 1918 – 3 September1960
* Fiennes Neil Wykeham Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, born 1921]
Secondly, on 26 February 1948, to Esme Ethel Alice (née d'Beaumont) [Was married to Major Sir Robert James Milo Walker until his death in 1930] , daughter of Captain Montmorency d'Beaumont.
Lord Cornwallis died 4 January 1982 aged 89, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Fiennes Neil Wykeham Cornwallis.

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
* [http://www.gparrett.btinternet.co.uk/chatnews/cnidx_r2.pdf The Chatham News Index] Electronic Edition