Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.
Cornwallis may also refer to: Places
Antarctica Cornwallis Island (South Shetland Islands)
Australia Cornwallis, New South Wales Cornwallis, Tasmania Dauan Island or Cornwallis Island, one of the Torres Strait Islands
Canada Cornwallis, Manitoba (rural municipality) Cornwallis Island (Nunavut) Cornwallis River, Kings County, Nova Scotia Cornwallis Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia Cornwallis Park, Nova Scotia Cornwallis Square, Nova Scotia Cornwallis Junior High School in Halifax CFB Cornwallis, a former Canadian Forces Base Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut
New Zealand Cornwallis, New Zealand, Auckland Region Cornwallis Beach
United Kingdom Cornwallis Academy, Kent, England
United States Cornwallis, West Virginia
Other uses Cornwallis Valley Railway, a branchline of the Dominion Atlantic Railway SS Cornwallis, a Canadian freighter attacked by German submarine U-514 HMS Cornwallis, several ships of the Royal Navy Cornwallis, one of several 18th-19th century vessels Fort Cornwallis, a star fort built by the British East India Company in Penang, present-day Malaysia
People with the surname Kinahan Cornwallis (1883–1959), British diplomat Thomas Cornwallis (1605–1675), one of the first commissioners of the Province of Maryland (brother of Sir William) Thomas Cornwallis (died 1604), MP for Grampound Sir William Cornwallis (died 1614) ( – 1614), British essayist George Cornwallis-West (1874–1951), stepfather of Winston Churchill
Aristocratic title Baron Cornwallis Earl Cornwallis Marquess Cornwallis
Aristocratic English family Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (1655–1698), who served as First Lord of the Admiralty Edward Cornwallis (1713–1776), British colonialist and founder of Halifax, Canada Frederick Cornwallis (1713–1783), Archbishop of Canterbury Sir William Cornwallis (1744–1819), British admiral during the Napoleonic Wars
People with the given name William Cornwallis Symonds (1810–1841), British officer in New Zealand
See also
Cornwall (disambiguation) Cornouailles (), England, UK Cornouaille (), Brittany, France Cornouaille (disambiguation)