Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis was born on December 28, 1655. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis PC (28 December 1655 – 29 April 1698) was an English politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, in which capacity he personally served as Colonel of the Suffolk Militia Horse in 1692. He succeeded his father Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis as Baron Cornwallis in 1673. On 27 December that year, at Westminster Abbey, he married Elizabeth Fox (d. 28 February 1681 in Tunbridge Wells), daughter of Sir Stephen Fox. Their son Charles succeeded him as 4th Baron Cornwallis. After Elizabeth's death, on 6 May 1688 he married Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, widow of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, with whom she later had three children: Lady Anne Scott (buried 25 July 1690) Lord George Scott (1692–buried 24 May 1693) Lady Isabella Scott (27 April 1694-18 February 1748)