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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwallis_in_India Cornwallis in India] Wikipedia | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwallis_in_India Cornwallis in India] Wikipedia | ||
==== Historical books | ==== Historical books online ==== | ||
''Lives of Indian Officers Vol I'' by John William Kaye 1867 [http://archive.org/stream/livesofindianoff01kayeiala#page/38/mode/1up Cornwallis in India] archive. | *''Lives of Indian Officers Vol I'' by John William Kaye 1867 [http://archive.org/stream/livesofindianoff01kayeiala#page/38/mode/1up Cornwallis in India] archive.org<br> | ||
''Correspondence of Charles, first Marquis Cornwallis'' edited with notes by Charles Ross 1859 | *''Correspondence of Charles, first Marquis Cornwallis'' edited with notes by Charles Ross 1859. Archive.org | ||
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/correspondencec01rossgoog#page/n243/mode/2up Volume I Chapter VIII India] | |||
*[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 /> | ||
*[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 [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WdKUoL7Z4nIC&pg=PA82 Charles Cornwallis] Google Books | ||
''The American Revolution 100: The People, Battles, and Events of the American War of Independence'' by Michael Lee Lanning [ | *[https://archive.org/details/cornwallisimperi0000wick ''Cornwallis, the Imperial Years''] by Franklin and Mary Wickwire 1980. Archive.org Lending Library. The 2nd book on his life by the authors. Cornwallis was Governor General in India 12 September 1786 to 28 October 1793 and reappointed 30 July 1805 until he died 5 October 1805. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:15, 26 June 2019
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
Charles Cornwallis Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis Wikipedia
Cornwallis in India Wikipedia
Historical books online
- Lives of Indian Officers Vol I by John William Kaye 1867 Cornwallis in India archive.org
- Correspondence of Charles, first Marquis Cornwallis edited with notes by Charles Ross 1859. Archive.org
- The American Revolution 100: The People, Battles, and Events of the American War of Independence by Michael Lee Lanning Charles Cornwallis Google Books
- Cornwallis, the Imperial Years by Franklin and Mary Wickwire 1980. Archive.org Lending Library. The 2nd book on his life by the authors. Cornwallis was Governor General in India 12 September 1786 to 28 October 1793 and reappointed 30 July 1805 until he died 5 October 1805.