Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis, (1675–20 January 1722) was a British politician.

Background He was the son of Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (–1698) and Elizabeth Fox (–1681). On 29 April 1698, he succeeded his father as Baron Cornwallis.

Political career His grandfather was Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis, who was the MP for Eye (1660–1662). Between 1695 and 1698, he sat as Member of Parliament for Eye, as a Whig. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk between 1698 and 1703, and the office of Joint Postmaster-General between 1715 and 1721. The last two years of his life, from 1721 to January 1722 he held the office of Paymaster of the Forces in the Cabinet of Walpole and Townshend.

Family A grandson of Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis, he married Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, on 6 June 1699. Edward (5 March 1713–14 January 1776) and Frederick (5 March 1713–19 March 1783) William (12 March 1714– 1716) Henry (21 May 1715–bur. 28 February 1735)

He was the grandfather of Charles, William, and James Cornwallis; the great-grandfather of Charles Cornwallis; the 2nd great-grandfather of James Mann; the 3rd great-grandfather of Fiennes Cornwallis; the 4th great-grandfather of Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis; the 5th great-grandfather of Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis; and the 6th great-grandfather of Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis.

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