19 March 1783 A.D. Frederick Cornwallis Dies at Lambeth—87th of 105 Archbishops of Canterbury; A Georgian Aristocrat & Gentleman
19 March 1783 A.D. Frederick Cornwallis Dies at Lambeth—87 th of 105 Archbishops of Canterbury; A Georgian Aristocrat & Gentleman Ditchfield, G. M. “ Cornwallis, Frederick (1713–1783).” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. ( Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008). http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6340 . Accessed 7 June 2014. Frederick Cornwallis (1713–1783) , by Nathaniel Dance, 1768 Cornwallis, Frederick (1713–1783), archbishop of Canterbury , was born in London on 22 February 1713, the seventh son of Charles, fourth Baron Cornwallis of Eye (1675–1722), politician and army officer, and his wife, Lady Charlotte Butler ( d . 1725), daughter of Richard Butler, first earl of Arran. He was the twin of the military commander Edward Cornwallis (1713–1776) . After an education at Eton College (1725–8) he matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1732 and graduated BA in 1737. In 1739...