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Cornwallis, Charles, (1738-1805), 1st Marquess Cornwallis, General, statesman

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Surname: Cornwallis
Forenames: Charles
Gender: Male
Date: 1738-1805
Title: 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Biography: ODNB link for Cornwallis, Charles (1738-1805) 1st Marquess Cornwallis, General, statesman
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275414 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P156477 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Charles Cornwallis
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1612-1854: Charles Cornwallis: Papers
The National Archives, Kew
PRO 30/11
2
1756-1805: corresp and papers
The National Archives
PRO 30/11
See HMC Papers of British cabinet ministers 1782-1900, 1982
3
1782-1805: letterbooks
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
6602/45
See HMC Papers of British cabinet ministers 1782-1900, 1982
4
1801-02: corresp and papers
Kent History and Library Centre
U269/O199
NRA 8575 Sackville

See HMC Private papers of British diplomats 1782-1900, 1985
5
1787: entrybook
Suffolk Archives - Ipswich
HA 411
NRA 4134 Guinness
6
1786-1809: corresp and papers rel to India
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Home misc series
7
1796-98: corresp with Lord Camden
Kent History and Library Centre
U840
NRA 8410
8
1786-88: corresp with Sir Archibald Campbell
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD1/6
NRA 10123
9
1786-93: letters (72) to James Cornwallis
Kent History and Library Centre
U24
NRA 5285
10
1786-94: letters to Henry Dundas
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 3385-88
11
1795-1804: letters to Lord Hardwicke
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 35642-752 passim
12
1787-89: letters to Warren Hastings
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 29170-71
13
1770-1802: letters from Richard Johnson
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
Eng MSS 180, 183, 190
14
1802-05: letters from Lord Lake
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 13742
15
1782-99: letters to Lord Lansdowne
Collection held privately: enquiries to Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Film dep 961-1005
NRA 37645 Petty
16
1782-1801: letters (25) to John MacLeod
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Accessions to Repositories 1976
17
letters to Norman MacLeod
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS2950
NRA 11847 MacLeod
18
1789-91: corresp with J Murray
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 42073A
19
1760-1802: corresp with Duke of Newcastle
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 32911-33110 passim
20
1776-82: letters to Duke of Newcastle
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
Ne
NRA 7411 Pelham
21
letters (14) to William Pitt
The National Archives
PRO30/8
22
1794-1802: letters to William Pitt
Kent History and Library Centre
U1590/S5/O2/4
NRA 25095
23
1782-1805: letters to Alexander Ross
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
6602/45
NRA 27191 Cornwallis
24
1798-1802: corresp with Lord Sidmouth
Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
152M
NRA 8747 Addington
25
1798-1805: letters to Lady Waldegrave
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
NRA 28249 Waldegrave