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Cornwallis, William

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Cornwallis, William (1744–1819)

English admiral. He was engaged in the actions off Grenada in 1779, St Kitts in 1782, and Dominica in 1782, and commanded the Channel fleet in 1801 and 1803–06 during the Napoleonic Wars.

He was the brother of Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis.

He joined the navy in 1755, serving in Louisburg in 1758, fighting the French in the Seven Years' War, and in the battle of Quiberon Bay against the French in 1759, and was made commander in 1762.



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