Folliott Herbert Walker Cornewall (bapt. 9 May 1754 – 5 September 1831) was an English bishop of three sees.

Life

Folliott (or Folliot) Herbert Cornewall was baptised in

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on 9 May 1754, the second surviving son of

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Frederick Cornewall and Mary, daughter of Francis Herbert of

, first cousin of

Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis Henry Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (before 9 April 1703Baptism date. – 10 September 1772), known as Henry Herbert until 1743 and as The Lord Herbert of Chirbury between 1743 and 1748, was a ...

. He was educated at

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before going to St. John's College, Cambridge, where he

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in 1776, was awarded a

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and an M.A. in 1780. He was a

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from 1777 to 1784. Cornewall was ordained as a

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on 14 December 1777, and as a priest on 20 December 1778, by John Hinchliffe,

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. In 1780, through the interest of his second cousin,

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, he obtained the post of

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. He became rector of

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in 1781, and

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of East Rudham in 1786. He was also preferred to a

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at Windsor in 1784. Cornewall inherited the estates of his older brother,

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, on his death in 1783, and also those of a relative: Francis Walker of Ferney Hall. To obtain the latter inheritance, Cornewall added the name "Walker" to his own. He was appointed master of Wigston's Hospital,

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, in 1790,

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in 1792,

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in 1797. He exchanged this see to become

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in 1803, and in 1808 he was translated to be

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. In 1817 he served as treasurer of the Salop Infirmary in

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. He published ''A Sermon preached before the House of Commons on 30 Jan. 1782'', and also ''A Fast Sermon preached before the House of Lords in 1798''.

Marriage and family

Cornewall married Anne Hamilton (d. 15 December 1795) on 19 June 1787, at

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, Buckinghamshire. She was the eldest daughter of Hon. George Hamilton,

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, youngest son of

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. The couple had three children: * Frederick Hamilton Cornewall (15 October 1791 – 30 December 1845), MP for

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* Marianne Cornewall (1793–1865), died unmarried * Herbert Cornewall (21 July 1794 – 1863), married Charlotte, daughter of

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Folliot Cornewall died at

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on 5 September 1831 aged 77, and was buried in the family vault at Diddlebury, Shropshire. According to the ''

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'', he "was possessed of fair scholarship, strong good sense, polished manners, and an amiable temper: and had passed a virtuous and exemplary life."

References

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