Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis
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Colonel
Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis KCVO
, KBE
, MC
(4 March 1892 – 4 January 1982), was a British peer.
, Kent
, the second son of Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis
and his wife Mabel Leigh. He had two brothers and four sisters. He was educated at Eton
and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
.
and Flanders
. He was wounded and awarded the Military Cross
. He was later Honorary
Colonel
of Thames and Medway Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
. Keen on cricket
, he played the First-class cricket
for Kent
between 1919 and 1926. He succeeded his father in the barony in 1935 and was Chairman of the Kent County Council
between 1935 and 1936.
After her death in 1943 he married secondly Esme Ethel Alice, daughter of Montmorency d'Beaumont and widow of Sir Robert James Milo Walker, 4th Baronet, in 1948. They had no children. Cornwallis died in January 1982, aged 89, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Fiennes
.
Colonel
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Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis KCVO
Royal Victorian Order
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, KBE
Order of the British Empire
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, MC
Military Cross
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(4 March 1892 – 4 January 1982), was a British peer.
Background and education
Cornwallis was born at LintonLinton, Kent
Linton is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the southward slope of the Greensand ridge, south of Maidstone on the A229 Hastings road....
, 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...
, the second son of Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron 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:...
and his wife Mabel Leigh. He had two brothers and four sisters. 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 the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is a British Army officer initial training centre located in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England...
.
Career
During the First World War he served with the Royal Scots Greys on the general staff in FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Flanders
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
. He was wounded and awarded the Military Cross
Military Cross
The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....
. He was later Honorary
Title of honor
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Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
of Thames and Medway Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
. Keen on cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
, he played the First-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
between 1919 and 1926. He succeeded his father in the barony in 1935 and was Chairman of the Kent County Council
Kent County Council
Kent County Council is the county council that governs the majority of the county of Kent in England. It provides the upper tier of local government, below which are 12 district councils, and around 300 town and parish councils. The county council has 84 elected councillors...
between 1935 and 1936.
Family
Lord Cornwallis was twice married. He married firstly Cecily Etha Mary, daughter of Captain Sir James Heron Walker, 3rd Baronet, in 1917. They had two children:- Hon. Rosamond Patricia Susan Anne Cornwallis, 15 May 1918 – 3 September 1960
- Fiennes Neil Wykeham Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (1921–2010)
After her death in 1943 he married secondly Esme Ethel Alice, daughter of Montmorency d'Beaumont and widow of Sir Robert James Milo Walker, 4th Baronet, in 1948. They had no children. Cornwallis died in January 1982, aged 89, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Fiennes
Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis
Fiennes Neil Wykeham Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, OBE, DL was a British peer. He was the younger child, and the only son, of Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis and Cecily Etha Mary . He had an elder sister, Rosamond Patricia Susan Anne Cornwallis .He attended Eton College...
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