George Cornewall (other)
George Cornewall (1748–1819) was a British politician, soldier and baronet. George Cornwall or Cornewall may also refer to: Other members of the Hereforshire family * George Cornwall (MP) (died 1562), MP for Herefordshire *Sir George Cornewall, 3rd Baronet (1774–1835) of the Cornewall baronets *Sir George Cornewall, 5th Baronet (1833–1908) of the Cornewall baronets Others *Captain George Cornwall, see Queen (East Indiaman) * George Cornwall (aircraft designer) See also *George Cornewall Lewis (1806–1863), British statesman *George Cornwell George Cornwell ( – ) was a British railway engineer and building contractor working in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in the second half of the nineteenth century. Among his prominent works, were the Hawthorn Railway Bridge built in 1861, w ...

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 of ...
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George Cornwall (MP)
George Cornwall (by 1509–1562), of Berrington, Herefordshire, English Bicknor, Gloucestershire and Stanage, Radnorshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Herefordshire Herefordshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England, bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh ... in 1539. He was the son of Herefordshire MP, Richard Cornwall. References 1562 deaths English MPs 1539–1540 Politicians from Herefordshire Politicians from Gloucestershire People from Radnorshire Year of birth uncertain {{16thC-England-MP-stub ...
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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 1764 establishments in Great Britain 1962 disestablishments in th ...
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Queen (East Indiaman)
At least six ships with the name ''Queen'' served the Honourable East India Company between 1701 and 1839. Most were East Indiamen: * , 320 tons burthen ( bm), 64 crew and 26 guns; the French captured her at Saint Helena on 1 June 1706. She was on the homeward leg of her second voyage; George Cornwall, her captain, was killed in the action. * , a ship of 330 tons (bm), 18-22 guns and 60-66 crew, made two voyages to Bombay or Bencoolen between 1715 and 1720. She had been launched on the River Thames for Sir Joseph Martin. She was sold in 1720 into the West Indies and Levant trades.Hackman (2001), p.180. * , of 499, 804, or 821 tons (bm), was launched by Randall, Rotherhithe, on 24 October 1767. She made five trips to India or China for the company between 1768 and 1784, and was present at the Battle of Porto Praya. She was sold in 1784 for breaking up. * made four trips to India or China between 1786 and 1800, and on her fifth trip was lost to fire at Salvador, Bahia in 1800. * wa ...
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George Cornwall (aircraft Designer)
The Heston T.1/37 was a 1930s British single-engined monoplane military trainer aircraft with two open cockpits, designed and developed by Heston Aircraft Company Ltd. It was not accepted for service. Development The Heston T.1/37 or Heston JA3 was designed under the leadership of George Cornwall to meet UK Air Ministry Specification T.1/37 for an ''ab initio'' trainer, and was otherwise unnamed. Its competitors were the Miles M.15 and the Parnall 382 (Heck III). The Airspeed AS.36, General Aircraft GAL.32 and Percival P.20 were also proposed against specification T.1/37, but not accepted for being built as prototypes. None of the designs was selected for production orders; it has been suggested that the required performance could not be achieved within the constraints of the Specification. Construction was primarily wooden, with plywood-skinned spruce frames, open framed movable flying surfaces, some monocoque sections, all fabric-covered. The cantilever oleo-pneumatic fixed ...
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George Cornewall Lewis
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet, (21 April 180613 April 1863) was a British statesman and man of letters. He is best known for preserving neutrality in 1862 when the British cabinet debated intervention in the American Civil War. Early life He was born in London, the son of Thomas Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court, Radnorshire and his wife Harriet Cornewall, daughter of the banker and plantation owner Sir George Cornewall, 2nd Baronet and his wife Catherine Cornewall, daughter of Velters Cornewall. Lewis was educated at Eton College and matriculated in 1824 at Christ Church, Oxford, where in 1828 he earned a first-class in classics and a second-class in mathematics. He then entered the Middle Temple, studying under Barnes Peacock. He was called to the bar in 1831, and briefly from November 1831 went the Oxford circuit. But he shortly gave up on a career in the law, for health reasons. He assisted Connop Thirlwall and Julius Charles Hare in starting ''The Philolo ...
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