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CORNEWALL, Henry (1685-1756), of Byfleet, Surr.
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Constituency
Dates
Family and Education
b. 1685, 1st s. of Col. Henry Cornewall, M.P., of Moccas Court, Herefs. by his 1st w. Margarita Laurentia, da. of Laurentius Huyssen of Middleburgh, Zeeland; half-bro. of Velters and James Cornewall. unm. suc. fa. to Radnor estates 1717; and half-bro. James Cornewall 1744.
Offices Held
Guidon and maj. 2 Life Gds. 1704, cornet and eld. maj. 1709, lt. and lt.-col. 1709-c.1740; brevet-col. of Horse 1711; brig.-gen. 1735, maj.-gen. 1739; col. 7 Marines 1740-8; lt.-gen. 1743; gov. Londonderry 1749-d.
Biography
Cornewall, whose father represented Weobley 1685-7, Hereford 1689-95, Herefordshire 1698-1700, and Weobley 1701, 1702, 1705-8, and 1710-13, was returned for Hereford in 1747 at the age of 62, after standing unsuccessfully for it in 1741. Classed as a government supporter, he did not stand in 1754. He died 4 June 1756.