Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis

The Lord Cornwallis

Personal information
Full name	Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis
Born	(1892-03-14)14 March 1892 Linton, Kent, England
Died	Fordcombe, Kent, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1919–1926	Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 106 Runs scored 964 Batting average 11.75 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 91 Balls bowled 6,528 Wickets 118 Bowling average 32.45 5 wickets in innings 5 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 6/37 Catches/stumpings 35/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 July 2009

Colonel Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis KCVO KBE MC (4 March 1892 – 4 January 1982), was a British peer.

Background and education

Cornwallis was born in Linton, Kent, the second son of Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis and his wife Mabel Leigh. He had two brothers and four sisters. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Career

During the First World War he served with the Royal Scots Greys on the general staff in France and Flanders. He was wounded and awarded the Military Cross. He was later Honorary Colonel of Thames and Medway Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery. Keen on cricket, he played the First-class cricket for Kent between 1919 and 1926. He succeeded his father in the barony in 1935 and was Chairman of the Kent County Council between 1935 and 1936.

Family

Lord Cornwallis was married twice. His first wife was Cecily Etha Mary, daughter of Captain Sir James Heron Walker, 3rd Baronet, in 1917. They had two children:

• Hon. Rosamond Patricia Susan Anne Cornwallis, 15 May 1918 – 3 September 1960
• Fiennes Neil Wykeham Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis

After her death in 1943 he married Esme Ethel Alice, daughter of Montmorency d'Beaumont and widow of Sir Robert James Milo Walker, 4th Baronet, in 1948. They had no children.

Cornwallis was the grandson of Fiennes Cornwallis; the great-grandson of Charles Wykeham Martin; the 2nd great-grandson of James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis; the 3rd great-grandson of James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis; the 4th great-grandson of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis; the 5th great-grandson of Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis; the 6th great-grandson of Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis; the 7th great-grandson of Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis; the 8th great-grandson of Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis; and the 9th great-grandson of Jane Cornwallis, and Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond. His ancestors include Edward Cornwallis, Frederick Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, William Cornwallis, Philip Wykeham Martin, and Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis.

Sources

• Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition).
  New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. ISBN 0-333-38847-X
• The Descendants of William the Conqueror Page 104
• Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science The Conwallis Family
• Province of East Kent History of our Province
• The Chatham News Index at the Wayback Machine (archived October 14, 2006) Electronic Edition
• CricketArchive: Stanley Cornwallis

Political offices
Preceded by ?	Chairman of Kent County Council 1935–1936	Succeeded by ?
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Marquess Camden	Lord Lieutenant of Kent 1944–1972	Succeeded by The Lord Astor of Hever
Academic offices
New title	Pro Chancellor of the University of Kent at Canterbury 1960–1971	Succeeded by Sir Paul Chambers
Masonic offices
Preceded by 1st Baron Cornwallis	Provincial Grand Master of Kent 1935–1973	Succeeded by (Province divided)
New office	Provincial Grand Master of East Kent 1973–1981	Succeeded by John Andrew Porter
Sporting positions
Preceded by Lionel Troughton	Kent County Cricket Club captain 1924–1926	Succeeded by John Evans
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Fiennes Cornwallis	Baron Cornwallis 1935–1982	Succeeded by Fiennes Cornwallis