CORNWALLIS, CHARLES Definition & Meaning

Cornwallis, Charles

A British nobleman and general who commanded British forces in the Revolutionary War . The surrender of Lord Cornwallis to George Washington at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781 ended the hostilities of the revolution.

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Cornwallis, Charles, Lord, xxii, 9, 43, 86, 87, 89, 90.

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Cornwallis, Charles, defeated by Washington, 256; in North Carolina, 269; surrenders at Yorktown, 270.

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Cornwallis, Charles, 85, 124, 272, 278, 311, 313, 328.

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