Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis

Portrait of Cornwallis (circa 1705-1715), by Sir Godfrey Kneller.

Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis PC (1675 – 20 January 1721/22) was a British politician.

Background

He was the son of Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (c. 1655 – 1693) and Elizabeth Fox (c. 1654 – 1680/81). On 29 April 1693 he succeeded his father as Baron Cornwallis.

Between 1695 and 1698, he sat as Member of Parliament for Eye, as a Whig. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk between 1698 and 1703, and the office of Joint Postmaster-General between 1715 and 1721. The last two years of his life, from 1721 to January 1721/22 he held the office of Paymaster of the Forces in the Cabinet of Walpole and Townshend.^[1]^[2]

A grandson of Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis, he married Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, on June 6, 1699.^[1] They had 10 children:^[3]

He was the grandfather of Charles, William, and James Cornwallis; the great-grandfather of Charles Cornwallis; the 2nd great-grandfather of James Mann; the 3rd great-grandfather of Fiennes Cornwallis; the 4th great-grandfather of Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis; the 5th great-grandfather of Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis; and the 6th great-grandfather of Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis.

Ancestors of Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis

5. Margaret Playsted

1. Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis

3. Elizabeth Fox

7. Elizabeth Whittle

Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. 1 (107th ed.). Genealogical Books.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Henry Poley Thomas Davenant	Member of Parliament for Eye 1695–1698 With: Thomas Davenant 1690–1695 Sir Joseph Jekyll 1697–1710	Succeeded by Sir Joseph Jekyll Hon. Spencer Compton
Political offices
Preceded by Sir John Evelyn, Bt Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt	Postmaster-General 1715–1721 With: James Craggs the Elder	Succeeded by Edward Harrison Edward Carteret
Preceded by Robert Walpole	Paymaster of the Forces 1721– 1722	Succeeded by The Earl of Wilmington
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Cornwallis	Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk 1698–1703	Succeeded by The Earl of Dysart
Peerage of England
Preceded by Charles Cornwallis	Baron Cornwallis 1698–1722	Succeeded by Charles Cornwallis

Cabinet of Sir Robert Walpole and The Viscount Townshend (1721–30)

First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons	Sir Robert Walpole (1721–1730)

Northern Secretary	The Viscount Townshend (1721–1730)

Southern Secretary	The Earl Granville (1721–1724) The Duke of Newcastle (1724–1730)

Lord Chancellor	The Earl of Macclesfield (1721–1725) The Lord King (1725–1730)

Lord President of the Council	The Duke of Kingston (1721–1726) The Lord Trevor (1726–1730)

Lord Privy Seal	The Viscount Townshend (1721) The Lord Carleton (1721–1725) The Duke of Devonshire (1725–1730) The Lord Trevor (1730)

First Lord of the Admiralty	The Earl of Berkeley (1721–1727) The Viscount Torrington (1727–1730)

Master-General of the Ordnance	The Duke of Marlborough (1721–1722) The Earl Cadogan (1722–1725) The Duke of Argyll (1725–1730)

Paymaster of the Forces	The Lord Cornwallis (1721–1722) The Earl of Wilmington (1722–1730)

Lord Steward	The Duke of Argyll (1721–1725) The Duke of Dorset (1725–1730)

Lord Chamberlain	The Duke of Newcastle (1721–1724) The Duke of Grafton (1724–1730)

Master of the Horse	The Earl of Scarbrough (1727–1730)

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