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Edward Cornwallis (5 March [O.S. 22 February] 1713 – 14 January 1776) was a British career military officer and was a member of the aristocratic Cornwallis family, who reached the rank of Lieutenant General. After Cornwallis fought in Scotland, putting down the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, he was appointed Groom of the Chamber for King George II (a position he held for the next 17 years). He was then made Governor of Nova Scotia (1749–1752), one of the colonies in North America, and assigned to establish the new town of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Later Cornwallis returned to London, where he was elected as MP for Westminster and married the niece of Robert Walpole, Great Britain's first Prime Minister. Cornwallis was next appointed as Governor of Gibraltar.

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  • Edward Cornwallis (* 22. Februar 1713 in London; † 14. Januar 1776 in Gibraltar) war ein britischer Offizier, Politiker und Kolonialgouverneur. Als Gouverneur von Nova Scotia war er Gründer von Halifax. Er führte in dieser Zeit einen Krieg gegen die Mi'kmaq. Seine spätere militärische Tätigkeit in Europa rief öffentliche Kritik hervor. Aber seine guten Beziehungen bewahrten ihn vor ernsthaften Konsequenzen. Zuletzt war er Gouverneur von Gibraltar. Die kanadische Regierung, vertreten durch den für das Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada zuständigen Minister, ehrte ihn am 18. Mai 1947 für sein Wirken und erklärte ihn zu einer „Person von nationaler historischer Bedeutung“. (de)
  • Edward Cornwallis (5 March [O.S. 22 February] 1713 – 14 January 1776) was a British career military officer and was a member of the aristocratic Cornwallis family, who reached the rank of Lieutenant General. After Cornwallis fought in Scotland, putting down the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, he was appointed Groom of the Chamber for King George II (a position he held for the next 17 years). He was then made Governor of Nova Scotia (1749–1752), one of the colonies in North America, and assigned to establish the new town of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Later Cornwallis returned to London, where he was elected as MP for Westminster and married the niece of Robert Walpole, Great Britain's first Prime Minister. Cornwallis was next appointed as Governor of Gibraltar. Cornwallis arrived in Nova Scotia during a period of conflict with the local indigenous Miꞌkmaq peoples of peninsular Nova Scotia. The Mi'kmaq opposed the founding of Halifax and conducted war raids on the colony. Cornwallis responded with the extirpation proclamation of 1749, orders to bring back scalps of those he considered to be rebels. His administration erected forts at Grand Pre, Chignecto and Halifax and organized a militia of 840 men. Despite these efforts, the conflict would continue for several years after Cornwallis was recalled to England. Despite the war footing, Cornwallis' administration would establish the Nova Scotian government, consisting of an Executive and Legislative Council, governed by the first constitution in a Canadian colony. It instituted the first British law courts in Canada; established a public school for orphans; and respected religious diversity through separation of church and state. It recruited European immigrants to Halifax, establishing the first Jewish community, the first ethnic German community, made up of Protestants from Germany and Switzerland, and the first Protestant dissenting congregation in a Canadian colony. Cornwallis is commemorated in Nova Scotia in the naming of its rivers, parks, streets, towns, and buildings. Such historic commemoration of Cornwallis has become controversial because of the extirpation proclamation. In Halifax, there have been protests at a statue of Cornwallis in a downtown park, leading to its removal. A Halifax church and junior high school have removed Cornwallis's name, and a street named for Cornwallis is to be renamed. The Halifax city government has struck a committee to discuss how Cornwallis should be commemorated. (en)
  • Edward Cornwallis (5 mars 1713 à Londres - 14 janvier 1776 à Gibraltar) est un officier militaire britannique, frère jumeau de Frederick Cornwallis. (fr)
  • Edward Cornwallis (Londra, 5 marzo 1713 – Gibilterra, 14 gennaio 1776) è stato un generale britannico.Fondò la città di Halifax, in Nuova Scozia, con 2.576 coloni e prestò in seguito servizio come Governatore di Gibilterra. (it)
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  • Edward Cornwallis (5 mars 1713 à Londres - 14 janvier 1776 à Gibraltar) est un officier militaire britannique, frère jumeau de Frederick Cornwallis. (fr)
  • Edward Cornwallis (Londra, 5 marzo 1713 – Gibilterra, 14 gennaio 1776) è stato un generale britannico.Fondò la città di Halifax, in Nuova Scozia, con 2.576 coloni e prestò in seguito servizio come Governatore di Gibilterra. (it)
  • Edward Cornwallis (* 22. Februar 1713 in London; † 14. Januar 1776 in Gibraltar) war ein britischer Offizier, Politiker und Kolonialgouverneur. Als Gouverneur von Nova Scotia war er Gründer von Halifax. Er führte in dieser Zeit einen Krieg gegen die Mi'kmaq. Seine spätere militärische Tätigkeit in Europa rief öffentliche Kritik hervor. Aber seine guten Beziehungen bewahrten ihn vor ernsthaften Konsequenzen. Zuletzt war er Gouverneur von Gibraltar. (de)
  • Edward Cornwallis (5 March [O.S. 22 February] 1713 – 14 January 1776) was a British career military officer and was a member of the aristocratic Cornwallis family, who reached the rank of Lieutenant General. After Cornwallis fought in Scotland, putting down the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, he was appointed Groom of the Chamber for King George II (a position he held for the next 17 years). He was then made Governor of Nova Scotia (1749–1752), one of the colonies in North America, and assigned to establish the new town of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Later Cornwallis returned to London, where he was elected as MP for Westminster and married the niece of Robert Walpole, Great Britain's first Prime Minister. Cornwallis was next appointed as Governor of Gibraltar. (en)
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