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William Cornwallis Cornwallis-West VD JP (20 March 1835 – 4 July 1917), was a British landowner, politician for seven years from 1885 and raised the 6th (Ruthin) Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps followed by further ceremonial duties in the wider territorial army in Wales.
Admiral Sir William Cornwallis, GCB (10 February 1744 – 5 July 1819) was a Royal Navy officer. He was the brother of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British commander at the siege of Yorktown.
Admiral Sir William Cornwallis was one of Milford’s most distinguished residents. As Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet in the early years of the nineteenth century, it was his blockade of the French fleet at Brest and other ports that frustrated Napoleon’s plans to invade England.
Daisy, Princess of Pless (Mary Theresa Olivia; née Cornwallis-West; 28 June 1873 – 29 June 1943) was a noted society beauty in the Edwardian period. During her marriage, she was a member of one of the wealthiest European noble families.
Miss Constance Cornwallis-West as a Courtier in the train of the Queen of Sheba. ©National Portrait Gallery, London. Miss Cornwallis West or Miss West, sister of Daisy, Princess Henry of Pless, so Shelagh (Constance Edwina) Cornwallis-West, was among the Suite of Ladies in the Oriental procession.
1 giorno fa · Their only daughter Theresa married Frederick Richard West, and their son Col. William Cornwallis-West is now lord of the manor. In the taxation of Pope Nicholas of 1291 the Prior of Bath was entered as owning the manor of Milford, which was worth £5 yearly.
Cornwallis, Sir William nell'Enciclopedia Treccani - Treccani - Treccani. ALTRI RISULTATI DI RICERCA. DAL VOCABOLARIO. LEMMI CORRELATI. Ammiraglio (Londra 1744 - ivi 1819), fratello di Charles. Dopo essersi distinto nella guerra d'America, passò nel 1788 nelle Indie Orientali, e vi conquistò (1793) Pondichéry.
