Sir Thomas Cornwallis (1518/1519 – 1604) was an English politician.

Family

Thomas Cornwallis was the eldest son of

Sir John Cornwallis ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(c. 1491–1544), steward of the household of the future King Edward VI during the years 1538–1544, by his wife, Mary Sulyard, daughter of Edward Sulyard of Otes,

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Career

Cornwallis was appointed

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for 1552–53 and made a

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in Aug. 1553. He was the last Treasurer of Calais from April 1554 to December 1557 and

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from December 1557 to November 1558. He was elected a

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(MP) of the

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for

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in 1547 and 1558, for Gatton in October 1553 and

Grampound Grampound ( kw, Ponsmeur) is a village in Cornwall, England. It is at an ancient crossing point of the River Fal and today is on the A390 road west of St Austell and east of Truro.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' ...

in April 1554.Cornwallis, Sir Thomas (1518/19-1604), of Brome, Suffolk, History of Parliament
Retrieved 27 May 2013.

Marriage and issue

Cornwallis married, by 1540, Anne Jerningham, the daughter of Sir John Jerningham of

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, and Bridget Drury, the daughter of

Sir Robert Drury Sir Robert Drury (1456–1536) was an English knight, Lord of the Manor of Hawstead, Suffolk, and Knight of the Body to Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII. As a politician he was Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, Speaker of the House of Commons (el ...

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, by whom he had two sons,

Sir Charles Cornwallis Sir Charles Cornwallis (died 1629) was an English courtier and diplomat. Life He was the second son of Sir Thomas Cornwallis, controller of Queen Mary's household, who had been imprisoned by Elizabeth in 1570. He was probably born at his fat ...

and

Sir William Cornwallis Admiral of the Red Sir William Cornwallis, (10 February 17445 July 1819) was a Royal Navy officer. He was the brother of Charles Cornwallis, the 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British commander at the siege of Yorktown. Cornwallis took part in a n ...

, and four daughters, including

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, the second wife of

Sir Thomas Kitson Sir Thomas Kitson (1485 – 11 September 1540) was a wealthy English merchant, Sheriff of London, and builder of Hengrave Hall in Suffolk. Family Thomas Kitson was the son of Robert Kitson (or Kytson) of Warton, Lancashire. His mother's name ...

(1540–1603), son and heir of

(died 1540).

Notes

References

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External links

Cornwallis, Sir Charles (c.1555-1629), of Brome Hall and Beeston St. Andrews, Suffolk, and Harborne, Staffordshire, History of Parliament
Retrieved 27 May 2013
Cornwallis, Sir William (c.1549-1611), of Brome Hall, Suffolk, and London, History of Parliament
Retrieved 27 May 2013 1519 births 1604 deaths Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall English MPs 1547–1552 English MPs 1553 (Mary I) English MPs 1554 English MPs 1558 Cornwallis family {{16thC-England-MP-stub