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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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