Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis, Marquess Cornwallis (December 31, 1738-October 5, 1805) was a British general at the time of the American Revolutionary War.

Educated at Eton College, Cornwallis was the eldest son of the Earl Cornwallis. After service as a junior staff officer in the Seven Years War, he entered Parliament and soon emerged as a staunch opponent of the hardline policies that were provoking the American Revolution. He was also known as a favorite of King George III, however, and when fighting broke out in the colonies he was appointed as of the main generals on the British side, serving first under General William Howe then Sir Henry Clinton.

He was the English commander at the battle of Princeton, but lost to George Washington. Some time later, he and his troops engaged in the fateful Carolina Campaign, which ended at Yorktown. There, part of the French navy defeated a supply fleet of the Royal Navy in the Battle of the Chesapeake and made him surrender after two days. At the surrender ceremony, Cornwallis had another general, Charles O'Hara, take his place. when did he win the battle of Brandywine?

Cornwallis' reputation did not suffer from the embarrassing events of the Revolution, and he was appointed to the governor-generalship of India. There he defeated Tipu Sultan in the Third Mysore War before returning home in 1794. After a stretch as viceroy in Ireland, he resigned from his parliamentary seat over Catholic Emancipation, eventually resurfacing as a factor in the negotation of the Peace of Amiens.

Reappointed governor-general of India, he died in Ghazipore, India shortly after arriving again in the subcontinent.