1. Commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)
   - Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis

Type of: full general, general, peer [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Cornwallis, Manitoba Cornwallis, Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis Cornwallis Cornwallis, Nova Scotia Cornwallis, New South Wales Cornwallis, NS

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