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Cornewall
Cornewall is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cornewall baronets * George Cornewall (1748–1819) – 2nd Baronet See also * Cornwall (other) Cornwall ( kw, Kernow) is a county in the south west of England, UK. Cornwall may also refer to: Land and titles * Duchy of Cornwall, land belonging to the Duke of Cornwall * Duke of Cornwall, a title belonging to the eldest son of the English ... {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cornewall
Sir George Cornewall, 2nd Baronet (8 November 1748 – 26 August 1819) of Moccas Court, Herefordshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1807. Origins Born George Amyand, he was the eldest son and heir of Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet (1720–1766) by his wife Anna Maria Korteen, daughter of John Abraham Korteen, a Hamburg merchant. In 1766 he succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet and inherited his interest in the banking firm of Amyand, Staples and Mercer. Career Amyand was educated at Eton College then at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated Master of Arts in 1769. On 18 July 1771 he married Catherine Cornewall, only daughter and heiress of Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire, MP. In 1771 he assumed by royal licence the surname and arms of Cornewall in lieu of his patronymic, in accordance with the bequest from his father-in-law, an inheritance which included Moccas Park in Herefordshire. In 1773 he received a Doctorate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornewall Baronets
The Amyand, later Cornewall Baronetcy of Moccas Court, in the County of Hereford, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 9 August 1764 for George Amyand, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnstaple (UK Parliament constituency), Barnstaple in the House of Commons of Great Britain. Amyand, later Cornewall baronets, of Moccas Court (1764) *Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet (1720–1766) *Sir George Cornewall, 2nd Baronet (1748–1819): assumed the surname and arms of "Cornewall" by royal licence in 1771 *Sir George Cornewall, 3rd Baronet (1774–1835) *Sir Velters Cornewall, 4th Baronet (1824–1868) *Sir George Henry Cornewall, 5th Baronet (1833–1908) *Geoffrey Cornewall, Sir Geoffrey Cornewall, 6th Baronet (1869–1951) *Sir William Francis Cornewall, 7th Baronet (1871–1962) References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornewall Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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