Cornwallis

(kôrn wôlis, -wäl-)

Cornwallis, Charles 1st Marquis Cornwallis 1738-1805; Eng. general & statesman: commanded Brit. forces during American Revolution

See Cornwallis in American Heritage Dictionary 4

British military and political leader who commanded forces in North Carolina during the American Revolution. His surrender at Yorktown in 1781 marked the final British defeat.
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