Elegy on the death of Frederick Cornwallis, Baron Cornwallis of Eye 1662

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Elegy on the death of Frederick Cornwallis, Baron Cornwallis of Eye 1662

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eng,

Senate House Library (University of London)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6302398

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Charles II, King of England

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Accession date: 1660 Places: England Title: King of Great Britain and Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x00001a ...

Wolverton, R, fl 1661-1662

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Frederick Cornwallis was born in 1610, the younger son of Sir William Cornwallis of Brome, Suffolk. He succeeded his half-brother to the family estates in 1626, was created a baronet in 1627 and knighted in 1630. Cornwallis acted as M.P. for Eye from March-May 1640, and from October 1640 to September 1642. He distinguished himself on the royalist side during the English Civil War, especially at Cropredy on 30 June 1644, and followed Charles II into exile. Upon Charles's restoration in 1660, Corn...