Francis Cornwallis (c. 1692–1728) of Abermarlais, was a

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Tory politician who sat in the

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from 1722 to 1728. Cornwallis was the only son of Thomas Cornwallis of Abermarlais,

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, and his wife Emma Charlton, daughter of

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, MP of Ludford,

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and his second wife Letitia Waring. His father died in 1703 and he succeeded to his estate. His mother remarried

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. The bishop died in 1723; Emma lived until 1748. He was admitted at

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in 1706, studied at

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in 1707 and matriculated at

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on 19 April 1711, aged 18. He married Jane Crowe, daughter of Sir Sackville Crowe, 2nd Baronet of

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, Carmarthenshire. Cornwallis stood for

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at the 1722 general election at the suggestion of

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and William Powell of Nanteos, joint leaders of the Cardiganshire Tories, and he was returned unopposed as

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for the seat. At the 1727 general election he transferred to

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and was returned unopposed. He was a member of the society of Sea Serjeants, which was said to be a South Wales Jacobite organization. Cornwallis died without issue on 19 August 1728 after falling from his horse in Abermarlais Park. His estate went to his four sisters, the eldest of whom, Letitia, gave hers away in charity. Another sister Eleanor married the Irish politician and landowner

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. Cornwallis was described in his obituary as 'hospitable, obliging and beneficent; a lover of virtue without ostentation, and of mirth without vice'.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cornwallis, Francis 1690s births 1728 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1722–1727 British MPs 1727–1734