Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis PC

Privy Council of England

The Privy Council of England, also known as His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, was a body of advisers to the sovereign of the Kingdom of England...

 (28 December 1655 – 29 April 1698) was a British politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty. He succeeded his father

Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis of Eye was a British nobleman, politician, and county magistrate. He served as a Member of Parliament.-Early years:...

 as Baron Cornwallis

Earl Cornwallis

Earl Cornwallis was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1753 for Charles Cornwallis, 5th Baron Cornwallis. The second Earl was created Marquess Cornwallis but this title became extinct in 1823, while the earldom and its subsidiary titles became extinct in 1852...

 in 1673. That same year on 27 December on Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...

 he married Elizabeth Fox (circa 1655 – 28 February 1681 in Tunbridge Wells), daughter of Sir Stephen Fox

Stephen Fox

Sir Stephen Fox was an English politician.-Life:Stephen Fox was the son of William Fox, of Farley, in Wiltshire, a yeoman farmer...

 and his first wife Elizabeth Whittle; their son Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis PC was a British politician. He was the son of Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis and Elizabeth Fox . On 29 April 1693 he succeeded his father as Baron Cornwallis. He married Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, on 6...

 later succeeded as 4th Baron Cornwallis. After his first wife's death, Lord Cornwallis married Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch

Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch

Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch was a wealthy Scottish peeress.Anne was the daughter of Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch. In 1661, she succeeded to her sister's titles of 4th Countess of Buccleuch, 5th Baroness Scott of Buccleuch and 5th Baroness Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill...

, widow of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC , was an English nobleman. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress, Lucy Walter...

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