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Cornwallis, Sir William, (1744-1819), Knight, Admiral

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Surname: Cornwallis
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1744-1819
Title: Knight
Biography: ODNB link for Cornwallis, Sir William (1744-1819) Knight Admiral
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P156425 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P6597 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir William Cornwallis
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1758-1818: corresp, journals and papers
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
COR AGC/C/10
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus

See Accessions to Repositories 1989
2
papers
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
MS81/001
NRA 20623
3
1776-82: corresp and papers (12 vols)
New York Historical Society
See NUC MS 64-344
4
1789-1805: corresp with Lord Barham (23 items)
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
MID/1/32
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
5
1798-1815: corresp with Castlereagh
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
D3030
NRA 12865 Stewart
6
1804-5: corresp with Admiral Sir T Graves
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 40667
7
1804-5: letters (12) to Viscount Melville
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Report 1956
8
1776-81: corresp with Lord Sandwich
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
MS 91/018
NRA 5472 Montagu
9
1794-1847: corresp with Captain John and Mrs Whitby
Keele University Library Special Collections and Archives
53/6
NRA 1085 Richards
10
1791-92: letterbooks and naval papers (microfilm)
British Library: Asian and African Studies
See Reel 604