Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis
Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis (14 March 1610/1 – January 1662) was an English peer, MP and Privy Counsellor. He was Treasurer of the Household 1660–1662. He was the eldest surviving son of Sir William Cornwallis of Brome, Suffolk, and his second wife, Jane. After his father's death, his mother married Sir Nathaniel Bacon.
The Lord Cornwallis | |
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| Treasurer of the Household | |
| In office 1660–1662 | |
| Preceded by | Viscount Savile |
| Succeeded by | Viscount Fitzhardinge |
| Privy Counsellor | |
| In office 1660–1662 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1610 |
| Died | January 1662 |
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Family
Cornwallis married twice.
He married firstly: Elizabeth Ashburnham, the daughter of Sir John Ashburnham (of Ashburnham and Penhurst, Sussex) and Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond, with 3 sons and a daughter, of whom only Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis survived him.
After the wedding, in January 1631, King Charles I, Henrietta Maria and Susan Feilding, Countess of Denbigh wrote to congratulate his mother Jane, Lady Cornwallis Bacon, and ask her to forgive him for his disobedience and return him to her favour. Denbigh said Ashburnham was her cousin "though her family be unfortunate".[1]
Elizabeth died c. February 1643.
He married secondly: Elizabeth Crofts, daughter of Sir Henry Crofts (of Little Saxham), with whom he had a daughter.
Death and legacy
In January 1662, Cornwallis died suddenly of apoplexy. Samuel Pepys recorded his death in the famous Diary, and described him as a "bold, profane-talking man". Another contemporary source described him as "a man of so cheerful a spirit that no sorrow came next his heart, and of so resolved a mind that no fear came into his thoughts".[2]
References
- Richard Griffin Baron Braybrooke, The Private Correspondence of Jane Lady Cornwallis; 1613-1644 (London, 1842), pp. 234-8: Joanna Moody, The Private Correspondence of Jane Lady Cornwallis Bacon, 1613-1644 (2003), p. 54.
- The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by No Parliament |
Member of Parliament for Eye March 1640 – September 1642 With: Sir Roger North |
Succeeded by Morris Barrow and Sir Roger North |
| Preceded by Nathaniel Bacon and Francis Bacon |
Member of Parliament for Ipswich 1660–1660 With: Francis Bacon |
Succeeded by John Sicklemore and William Blois |
| Political offices | ||
| Vacant during English Republic Title last held by Viscount Savile |
Treasurer of the Household 1660 – January 1662 |
Succeeded by Viscount Fitzhardinge |
| Peerage of England | ||
| New creation | Baron Cornwallis 1661 – January 1662 |
Succeeded by Charles Cornwallis |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| New creation | Baronet 1627 – January 1662 |
Succeeded by Charles Cornwallis |