Did Cornwallis have a wife?

Born into an aristocratic family and educated at Eton and Cambridge, Cornwallis joined the army in 1757, seeing action in the Seven Years’ War.
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.
His Excellency General The Most Honourable The Marquess Cornwallis KG PC
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Jemima Tullekin Jones ​ ​ ( m. 1768; died 1779)​

When did Charles Cornwallis get married?

July 14, 1768 (Jemima Tullikens)
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis/Wedding dates

Who did Charles Cornwallis Mary?

Lord Cornwallis married the Honourable Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, in 1722. They had seven children: Lady Mary Cornwallis (6 June 1736 – 28 December 1770), married on 13 August 1769 Samuel Whitbread and had issue.

What happened to Cornwallis after he surrendered?

He was forced to surrender his troops in 1781 to American and French forces at the Siege of Yorktown, which essentially ended the American Revolution. But that did not break his spirit or his reputation. General Cornwallis went on to serve as governor in Ireland and India, where he made significant reforms.

Why did Cornwallis surrender his army?

Surrounded and under siege, with his planned escape route blocked by French ships, Cornwallis was forced to surrender his army of 8,000 British troops on October 17. Claiming illness prevented him from meeting Washington to surrender his sword, Cornwallis sent his second-in-command, Charles O’Hara, in his place.

Was Marquis de Lafayette a patriot or Loyalist?

Lafayette received a trial by combat at the Battle of Brandywine in September 1777. Wounded in the leg, the young French aristocrat immediately became a patriot in the eyes of the American revolutionaries. He recuperated quickly at a Moravian hospital in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and rejoined Washington in October 1777.