Elizabeth Cornwallis

1807 - 1874  (67 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Cornwallis
  Born	16 Jan 1807	Culford Hall, Suffolk   [1]
  Christened	13 Mar 1807	St. Mary's, Culford, Suffolk   [2]
  Died	11 May 1874  [1]
  Buried	16 May 1874	St. Mary's, Culford, Suffolk   [3]
  Person ID	I00166	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	2nd Marquess Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis,   b. 19 Oct 1774,   d. 09 Aug 1823, His Mansion in Old Burlington-street  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Louisa Gordon,   b. 27 Dec 1776, Gordon Castle, Gight, Moray, Scotland ,   d. 05 Dec 1850, 12 Park Crescent, London  (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F00179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  --- "Salisbury and Winchester Journal" 26 Jan 1807, page 3: On Friday, at Culford Hall, in Suffolk, the Marchioness Cornwallis of a fifth daughter. --- "Morning Post" 18 May 1874, page 7: THE LATE LADY ELIZABETH CORNWALLIS.--- Early on Saturday morning the remains of Lady Elizabeth Cornwallis were taken from the lamented deceased's residence in Charles-street, Bearkeley-square, to Culford Hall, near Bury St. Edmunds, for interment in the family vault, where the second Marquis of Cornwallis and other members of the family are buried. The funeral was conducted in the plainest manner, the outer coffin being covered with fine black cloth, studded with gilt nails and massive gilt mountings, and on the lid-plate was the following inscription:-- 'Elizabeth Cornwallis, youngest daughter of Charles, second Marquis Cornwallis, born June 16, 1807; died May 11, 1874' --- a cross being at the head and foot of the coffin lid. The interment took place about one o'clock, the funeral service being performed by the incumbent of Culford and the Rev. Thomas G. Harden Carter, M.A., vicar of Linton, Kent. Among the members of the family present were Mr. and Mrs. James Whatman, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Ross and Miss Ross, Sir Henry Vavasour, Lord Eliot, Hon. Henry Eliot, Hon. Charles Eliot, Mr. Cyril Ponsonby, Viscount Holmesdale, Lord and Lady Braybrooke, and the Hon. and Rev. Latimer Neville. --- "Illustrated London News" 23 May 1874, page 24: Obituary of Eminent Persons. Lady Elizabeth Cornwallis, who died on the 11th inst., at her residence, 36, Charles-street, Berkeley-square, in her sixty-eighth year, was the youngest daughter and last surviving child of Charles, second Marquis Cornwallis, by Lady Louisa Gordon, his wife, fourth daughter and coheiress of Alexander, fourth Duke of Gordon. Her Ladyship's sisters, coheiresses with her of the last Marquis Cornwallis, who was son of the distinguished General Lord Cornwallis, Viceroy of Ireland, were Jane, late Lady Braybrooke; Lady Louisa Cornwallis, who died in 1872; Jemima, late Countess of St. Germans; and Lady Mary Ross, who died in 1860. The historic title of Cornwallis is no longer extant. Lady Elizabeth's cousin, James, fifth Earl, died May 21, 1852, when his honours became extinct, and his large property devolved on his only surviving child, Julia, now Viscountess Holmesdale.

  
  

• Sources

  http://www.thepeerage.com/. Parish Record Transcriptions on FindMyPast.co.uk. [S00012] Parish Register Transcription. Online Parish Clerks for The Parishes of Rame Peninsula, Cornwall (St. German's Church Burial Records) states that Edward was five weeks old when he died. No actual death date is listed. ---- e-mail dated 6 Feb 2014 I have looked at the original St Germans parish church baptism register this morning (P68/1/2) and the baptism took place on 14 August 1757. There is however a marginal note against the entry with very small writing and this says 'Born 9 Aug 12 at noon' I hope this will be of some assistance to you. Yours sincerely, David Thomas Archivist