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William Cornwallis Cornwallis-West VD JP (20 March 1835 – 4 July 1917), was a British landowner, politician for seven years from 1885 and raised the 6th (Ruthin) Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps followed by further ceremonial duties in the wider territorial army in Wales.
Father. Col. William Cornwallis-West. Mother. Mary "Patsy" FitzPatrick. Daisy, Princess of Pless (Mary Theresa Olivia; née Cornwallis-West; 28 June 1873 – 29 June 1943) was a noted society beauty in the Edwardian period. During her marriage, she was a member of one of the wealthiest European noble families.
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Admiral Sir William Cornwallis, GCB (10 February 1744 – 5 July 1819) was a Royal Navy officer. He was the brother of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British commander at the siege of Yorktown.
William Cornwallis Cornwallis-West VD JP , was a British landowner, politician for seven years from 1885 and raised the 6th Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps followed by further ceremonial duties in the wider territorial army in Wales.
William Cornwallis Cornwallis-West (20 March 1835 – 4 July 1917) Patsy (Mary Adelaide Virginia Eupatoria) FitzPatrick Cornwallis-West (1856– July 1920) [14] Daisy (Mary Theresa) Cornwallis-West then Daisy, Princess of Pless or Princess Henry of Pless (28 June 1873 — 29 June 1943) [15]
Admiral Sir William Cornwallis was one of Milford’s most distinguished residents. As Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet in the early years of the nineteenth century, it was his blockade of the French fleet at Brest and other ports that frustrated Napoleon’s plans to invade England.
National Gallery of Art. Cornwallis-West, William Cornwallis. British, 1835 - 1917
