James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis
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James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis (20 September 1778 – 21 May 1852), known as James Cornwallis until 1814 and as James Mann between 1814 and 1823 and styled Viscount Brome between 1823 and 1824, was a British peer and Tory politician.
, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, by Catherine, third daughter of Galfridus Mann, of Boughton Place
, Boughton Malherbe
, Kent
, and sister of Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd Baronet. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
and Sir William Cornwallis
were his uncles. He was educated at Eton
and St John's College, Cambridge
, where he received his M.A. in 1798.
in 1798 (alongside his uncle Sir William Cornwallis), a seat he held until November 1806. He was re-elected for the same constituency again in January 1807, but this time only held the seat until May of the same year. After succeeding to the estates of his maternal uncle in 1814, he assumed by Royal license the surname of Mann in lieu of Cornwallis. He became known by the courtesy title
Viscount Brome in 1823 after his father succeeded in the earldom of Cornwallis. In the following year he himself succeeded in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords
.
in Berkshire
, in 1842. She was the niece of the industrialist, Anthony Bushby Bacon and the aunt of Admiral Reginald Bacon
. There were children from the first and third marriages. Lord Cornwallis died in May 1852, aged 73. His only son had died unmarried at the age of 22 and the titles consequently became extinct on his death.
Cornwallis's daughter from his first marriage, Lady Jemima Isabella, married Charles Wykeham Martin
. Their son Fiennes
assumed the surname of Cornwallis in lieu of his family name in accordance with the will of Caroline Cornwallis
. The Cornwallis title was revived in 1927 when Fiennes's son and namesake Fiennes Cornwallis
was made Baron Cornwallis
.
, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, by Catherine, third daughter of Galfridus Mann, of Boughton Place
, Boughton Malherbe
, Kent
, and sister of Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd Baronet. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
and Sir William Cornwallis
were his uncles. He was educated at Eton
and St John's College, Cambridge
, where he received his M.A. in 1798.
in 1798 (alongside his uncle Sir William Cornwallis), a seat he held until November 1806. He was re-elected for the same constituency again in January 1807, but this time only held the seat until May of the same year. After succeeding to the estates of his maternal uncle in 1814, he assumed by Royal license the surname of Mann in lieu of Cornwallis. He became known by the courtesy title
Viscount Brome in 1823 after his father succeeded in the earldom of Cornwallis. In the following year he himself succeeded in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords
.
in Berkshire
, in 1842. She was the niece of the industrialist, Anthony Bushby Bacon and the aunt of Admiral Reginald Bacon
. There were children from the first and third marriages. Lord Cornwallis died in May 1852, aged 73. His only son had died unmarried at the age of 22 and the titles consequently became extinct on his death.
Cornwallis's daughter from his first marriage, Lady Jemima Isabella, married Charles Wykeham Martin
. Their son Fiennes
assumed the surname of Cornwallis in lieu of his family name in accordance with the will of Caroline Cornwallis
. The Cornwallis title was revived in 1927 when Fiennes's son and namesake Fiennes Cornwallis
was made Baron Cornwallis
.
, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, by Catherine, third daughter of Galfridus Mann, of Boughton Place
, Boughton Malherbe
, Kent
, and sister of Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd Baronet. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
and Sir William Cornwallis
were his uncles. He was educated at Eton
and St John's College, Cambridge
, where he received his M.A. in 1798.
in 1798 (alongside his uncle Sir William Cornwallis), a seat he held until November 1806. He was re-elected for the same constituency again in January 1807, but this time only held the seat until May of the same year. After succeeding to the estates of his maternal uncle in 1814, he assumed by Royal license the surname of Mann in lieu of Cornwallis. He became known by the courtesy title
Viscount Brome in 1823 after his father succeeded in the earldom of Cornwallis. In the following year he himself succeeded in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords
.
in Berkshire
, in 1842. She was the niece of the industrialist, Anthony Bushby Bacon and the aunt of Admiral Reginald Bacon
. There were children from the first and third marriages. Lord Cornwallis died in May 1852, aged 73. His only son had died unmarried at the age of 22 and the titles consequently became extinct on his death.
Cornwallis's daughter from his first marriage, Lady Jemima Isabella, married Charles Wykeham Martin
. Their son Fiennes
assumed the surname of Cornwallis in lieu of his family name in accordance with the will of Caroline Cornwallis
. The Cornwallis title was revived in 1927 when Fiennes's son and namesake Fiennes Cornwallis
was made Baron Cornwallis
.
Background and education
Born James Cornwallis, he was the only son of the Right Reverend James Cornwallis, 4th Earl CornwallisJames Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis
James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis was a British clergyman and peer.Cornwallis was the third son of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis and his wife, Elizabeth...
, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, by Catherine, third daughter of Galfridus Mann, of Boughton Place
Boughton Place
Boughton Place, formerly Bocton Place or Bocton Hall, is a country house in Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England. It is the historic home of the Wotton family and birthplace of Sir Henry Wotton , ambassador to Venice under James I....
, Boughton Malherbe
Boughton Malherbe
For other "Boughtons" in Kent see Boughton under Blean; Boughton Malherbe; and Boughton MonchelseaBoughton Malherbe is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, situated between Maidstone and Ashford...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, and sister of Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd Baronet. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG , styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator...
and Sir William Cornwallis
William Cornwallis
Admiral the Honourable Sir William Cornwallis GCB was a Royal Navy officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. He was the brother of Charles Cornwallis, the 1st Marquess Cornwallis, governor-general of India...
were his uncles. He was educated at Eton
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
, where he received his M.A. in 1798.
Political career
Cornwallis was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for EyeEye (UK Parliament constituency)
Eye was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election...
in 1798 (alongside his uncle Sir William Cornwallis), a seat he held until November 1806. He was re-elected for the same constituency again in January 1807, but this time only held the seat until May of the same year. After succeeding to the estates of his maternal uncle in 1814, he assumed by Royal license the surname of Mann in lieu of Cornwallis. He became known by the courtesy title
Courtesy title
A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer. These styles are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the relatives do not themselves hold substantive titles...
Viscount Brome in 1823 after his father succeeded in the earldom of Cornwallis. In the following year he himself succeeded in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
.
Family
Lord Cornwallis was married three times. He married firstly Maria Isabella, daughter of Francis Dickens, in 1804. After his first wife's death he married secondly Laura, daughter of William Hayes, in 1829. After his second wife's death he married thirdly Julia, daughter of Thomas Bacon of Redlands House at ReadingReading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
in Berkshire
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
, in 1842. She was the niece of the industrialist, Anthony Bushby Bacon and the aunt of Admiral Reginald Bacon
Reginald Bacon
Admiral Sir Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon, KCB, KCVO, DSO was an officer in the Royal Navy noted for his technical abilities who was described by the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Jacky Fisher, as the man "acknowledged to be the cleverest officer in the Navy".-Family:Reginald was born at Wiggonholt in...
. There were children from the first and third marriages. Lord Cornwallis died in May 1852, aged 73. His only son had died unmarried at the age of 22 and the titles consequently became extinct on his death.
Cornwallis's daughter from his first marriage, Lady Jemima Isabella, married Charles Wykeham Martin
Charles Wykeham Martin
Charles Wykeham-Martin DL was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1841 and 1870....
. Their son Fiennes
Fiennes Cornwallis
Major Fiennes Cornwallis, born Fiennes Wykeham-Martin , was a British Army officer and related to the Cornwallis family.-Early life:Born1 November 1831 at Leeds Castle, Kent, England...
assumed the surname of Cornwallis in lieu of his family name in accordance with the will of Caroline Cornwallis
Caroline Cornwallis
Caroline Frances Cornwallis was an English feminist writer. Her father, William Cornwallis, belonged to the junior branch of the better known military and naval family. The daughter of a Kent rector who had been an Oxford fellow, Caroline read voraciously on both religious and secular matters...
. The Cornwallis title was revived in 1927 when Fiennes's son and namesake Fiennes Cornwallis
Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis
Colonel Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis CBE, TD, JP, DL,, was a British Conservative politician.-Early life:...
was made Baron Cornwallis
Baron Cornwallis
Baron Cornwallis is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The holders of the first creation were later made Earl Cornwallis and Marquess Cornwallis, but these titles are now extinct...
.
External links
James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis (20 September 1778 – 21 May 1852), known as James Cornwallis until 1814 and as James Mann between 1814 and 1823 and styled Viscount Brome between 1823 and 1824, was a British peer and Tory politician.Background and education
Born James Cornwallis, he was the only son of the Right Reverend James Cornwallis, 4th Earl CornwallisJames Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis
James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis was a British clergyman and peer.Cornwallis was the third son of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis and his wife, Elizabeth...
, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, by Catherine, third daughter of Galfridus Mann, of Boughton Place
Boughton Place
Boughton Place, formerly Bocton Place or Bocton Hall, is a country house in Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England. It is the historic home of the Wotton family and birthplace of Sir Henry Wotton , ambassador to Venice under James I....
, Boughton Malherbe
Boughton Malherbe
For other "Boughtons" in Kent see Boughton under Blean; Boughton Malherbe; and Boughton MonchelseaBoughton Malherbe is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, situated between Maidstone and Ashford...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, and sister of Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd Baronet. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG , styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator...
and Sir William Cornwallis
William Cornwallis
Admiral the Honourable Sir William Cornwallis GCB was a Royal Navy officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. He was the brother of Charles Cornwallis, the 1st Marquess Cornwallis, governor-general of India...
were his uncles. He was educated at Eton
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
, where he received his M.A. in 1798.
Political career
Cornwallis was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for EyeEye (UK Parliament constituency)
Eye was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election...
in 1798 (alongside his uncle Sir William Cornwallis), a seat he held until November 1806. He was re-elected for the same constituency again in January 1807, but this time only held the seat until May of the same year. After succeeding to the estates of his maternal uncle in 1814, he assumed by Royal license the surname of Mann in lieu of Cornwallis. He became known by the courtesy title
Courtesy title
A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer. These styles are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the relatives do not themselves hold substantive titles...
Viscount Brome in 1823 after his father succeeded in the earldom of Cornwallis. In the following year he himself succeeded in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
.
Family
Lord Cornwallis was married three times. He married firstly Maria Isabella, daughter of Francis Dickens, in 1804. After his first wife's death he married secondly Laura, daughter of William Hayes, in 1829. After his second wife's death he married thirdly Julia, daughter of Thomas Bacon of Redlands House at ReadingReading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
in Berkshire
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
, in 1842. She was the niece of the industrialist, Anthony Bushby Bacon and the aunt of Admiral Reginald Bacon
Reginald Bacon
Admiral Sir Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon, KCB, KCVO, DSO was an officer in the Royal Navy noted for his technical abilities who was described by the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Jacky Fisher, as the man "acknowledged to be the cleverest officer in the Navy".-Family:Reginald was born at Wiggonholt in...
. There were children from the first and third marriages. Lord Cornwallis died in May 1852, aged 73. His only son had died unmarried at the age of 22 and the titles consequently became extinct on his death.
Cornwallis's daughter from his first marriage, Lady Jemima Isabella, married Charles Wykeham Martin
Charles Wykeham Martin
Charles Wykeham-Martin DL was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1841 and 1870....
. Their son Fiennes
Fiennes Cornwallis
Major Fiennes Cornwallis, born Fiennes Wykeham-Martin , was a British Army officer and related to the Cornwallis family.-Early life:Born1 November 1831 at Leeds Castle, Kent, England...
assumed the surname of Cornwallis in lieu of his family name in accordance with the will of Caroline Cornwallis
Caroline Cornwallis
Caroline Frances Cornwallis was an English feminist writer. Her father, William Cornwallis, belonged to the junior branch of the better known military and naval family. The daughter of a Kent rector who had been an Oxford fellow, Caroline read voraciously on both religious and secular matters...
. The Cornwallis title was revived in 1927 when Fiennes's son and namesake Fiennes Cornwallis
Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis
Colonel Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis CBE, TD, JP, DL,, was a British Conservative politician.-Early life:...
was made Baron Cornwallis
Baron Cornwallis
Baron Cornwallis is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The holders of the first creation were later made Earl Cornwallis and Marquess Cornwallis, but these titles are now extinct...
.
External links
James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis (20 September 1778 – 21 May 1852), known as James Cornwallis until 1814 and as James Mann between 1814 and 1823 and styled Viscount Brome between 1823 and 1824, was a British peer and Tory politician.Background and education
Born James Cornwallis, he was the only son of the Right Reverend James Cornwallis, 4th Earl CornwallisJames Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis
James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis was a British clergyman and peer.Cornwallis was the third son of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis and his wife, Elizabeth...
, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, by Catherine, third daughter of Galfridus Mann, of Boughton Place
Boughton Place
Boughton Place, formerly Bocton Place or Bocton Hall, is a country house in Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England. It is the historic home of the Wotton family and birthplace of Sir Henry Wotton , ambassador to Venice under James I....
, Boughton Malherbe
Boughton Malherbe
For other "Boughtons" in Kent see Boughton under Blean; Boughton Malherbe; and Boughton MonchelseaBoughton Malherbe is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, situated between Maidstone and Ashford...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, and sister of Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd Baronet. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG , styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator...
and Sir William Cornwallis
William Cornwallis
Admiral the Honourable Sir William Cornwallis GCB was a Royal Navy officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. He was the brother of Charles Cornwallis, the 1st Marquess Cornwallis, governor-general of India...
were his uncles. He was educated at Eton
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
, where he received his M.A. in 1798.
Political career
Cornwallis was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for EyeEye (UK Parliament constituency)
Eye was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election...
in 1798 (alongside his uncle Sir William Cornwallis), a seat he held until November 1806. He was re-elected for the same constituency again in January 1807, but this time only held the seat until May of the same year. After succeeding to the estates of his maternal uncle in 1814, he assumed by Royal license the surname of Mann in lieu of Cornwallis. He became known by the courtesy title
Courtesy title
A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer. These styles are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the relatives do not themselves hold substantive titles...
Viscount Brome in 1823 after his father succeeded in the earldom of Cornwallis. In the following year he himself succeeded in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
.
Family
Lord Cornwallis was married three times. He married firstly Maria Isabella, daughter of Francis Dickens, in 1804. After his first wife's death he married secondly Laura, daughter of William Hayes, in 1829. After his second wife's death he married thirdly Julia, daughter of Thomas Bacon of Redlands House at ReadingReading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
in Berkshire
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
, in 1842. She was the niece of the industrialist, Anthony Bushby Bacon and the aunt of Admiral Reginald Bacon
Reginald Bacon
Admiral Sir Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon, KCB, KCVO, DSO was an officer in the Royal Navy noted for his technical abilities who was described by the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Jacky Fisher, as the man "acknowledged to be the cleverest officer in the Navy".-Family:Reginald was born at Wiggonholt in...
. There were children from the first and third marriages. Lord Cornwallis died in May 1852, aged 73. His only son had died unmarried at the age of 22 and the titles consequently became extinct on his death.
Cornwallis's daughter from his first marriage, Lady Jemima Isabella, married Charles Wykeham Martin
Charles Wykeham Martin
Charles Wykeham-Martin DL was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1841 and 1870....
. Their son Fiennes
Fiennes Cornwallis
Major Fiennes Cornwallis, born Fiennes Wykeham-Martin , was a British Army officer and related to the Cornwallis family.-Early life:Born1 November 1831 at Leeds Castle, Kent, England...
assumed the surname of Cornwallis in lieu of his family name in accordance with the will of Caroline Cornwallis
Caroline Cornwallis
Caroline Frances Cornwallis was an English feminist writer. Her father, William Cornwallis, belonged to the junior branch of the better known military and naval family. The daughter of a Kent rector who had been an Oxford fellow, Caroline read voraciously on both religious and secular matters...
. The Cornwallis title was revived in 1927 when Fiennes's son and namesake Fiennes Cornwallis
Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis
Colonel Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis CBE, TD, JP, DL,, was a British Conservative politician.-Early life:...
was made Baron Cornwallis
Baron Cornwallis
Baron Cornwallis is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The holders of the first creation were later made Earl Cornwallis and Marquess Cornwallis, but these titles are now extinct...
.