Fiennes Cornwallis

Fiennes Cornwallis

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birth_name = Fiennes Wykeham-Martin
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birth_place = Leeds Castle, Kent, England
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death_place = Banbury , Oxfordshire, England
death_cause = Hunting Accident
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Major Fiennes Cornwallis 1 November 1831 – 24 April 1867.

Early life

Born [Born and baptised "Fiennes Wykeham-Martin", name chaqnged to Cornwallis 15 October 1859]
1 November 1831 at Leeds Castle, Kent, England. Son of Charles Wykeham-Martin M.P. [ 11 September 1801 – 30 October 1870 ] and Lady Jemima Isabella (née Mann) [ 25 December 1806 – 17 December 1836 ] and was educated at Eton College. [ Old Etonians born in 1830's ]

Family life

Major Cornwallis, Married Harriet Elizabeth (née Mott), daughter of John Thomas Mott on 29 July 1863 and had 4 children. [Children were:-
* Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis 1864– 1935.
* Arthur Wykeham Cornwallis 1865– 1952.
* Helen Florence Cornwallis 1867– 1957.
* Caroline Vere Cornwallis 1868– 1909.] The eldest became 1st Baron Cornwallis.

Military career

Served in the Crimean War with the 4th Light Dragoons [ With the following ranks
*Cornet 12 April 1850
*Lieutenant 26 October 1854
*Captain 31 August 1855
*Major 17 July 1860] and took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade [ Battle of Balaclava, 25 October 1854] , becoming aide-de-camp to Lord George Paget in the Crimea. [Letters Written from The Crimea to Several Members of his Family. CORNWALLIS, (Major Fiennes).
Collected and Edited by Mrs. Wykeham Martin, of Leeds Castle]

Later life

Retired from the Army on 5 May 1863 with the rank of "Major" and died few years later on 24 April 1867 in a Hunting Accident .

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://books.google.com/books?id=wuU1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1583&lpg=PA1583&dq=%22fiennes+wykeham+martin%22&source=web&ots=d4_5spoAaW&sig=2Hylwx_1AaNfKtf_CvGXkIuV1og Bulletins and Other State Intelligence 1855] Google Books


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