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'''Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG (1738-1805)''', the British general who surrendered at Yorktown in the American War of Independence, commanded the forces of [[Madras Presidency]] in the [[3rd Mysore War]]. He was [[Commander-in-Chief in India]] and [[Governor-General]] of the Presidency of [[Fort William]], also known as the [[Bengal Presidency]]. 

== External links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/94/mode/1up Charles Cornwallis] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis] Wikipedia<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwallis_in_India Cornwallis in India] Wikipedia

==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://archive.org/stream/livesofindianoff01kayeiala#page/38/mode/1up Cornwallis in India] ''Lives of Indian Officers Vol I'' by John Wiliam Kaye 1867<br>
''Correspondence of Charles, first Marquis Cornwallis'' edited with notes by Charles Ross 1859<br />

*[http://www.archive.org/stream/correspondencec01rossgoog#page/n243/mode/2up Volume I Chapter VIII India]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/correspondencec02corngoog#page/n290/mode/2up Volume II Chapter XVII India]<br />
''The American Revolution 100: The People, Battles, and Events of the American War of Independence'' by Michael Lee Lanning [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WdKUoL7Z4nIC&pg=PA82&dq=Charles+Cornwallis&hl=en&ei=OUSHTfHPO5K2hAfYkuGwBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Charles%20Cornwallis&f=false Charles Cornwallis]


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