CornwallisThe first biography of Charles Cornwallis in forty yearsthe soldier, governor, and statesman whose career covered America, India, Britain, and Ireland Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (17381805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in Indiaand he has long been associated with the