Biography of Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis 1655-1698

Before 28th December 1655 [his father] Charles Cornwallis 2nd Baron Cornwallis [aged 23] and [his mother] Margaret Playstead were married.

On 28th December 1655 Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis was born to [his father] Charles Cornwallis 2nd Baron Cornwallis [aged 23] and [his mother] Margaret Playstead.

On 11th March 1661 Mary Scott 3rd Countess Buccleuch [aged 13] died. Her sister [his future wife] Anne [aged 10] succeeded 4th Countess Buccleuch.

In January 1662 [his grandfather] Frederick Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 50] died of apoplexy. His son [his father] Charles [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Baron Cornwallis.

On 20th April 1663 James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch [aged 14] and [his future wife] Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Duchess Monmouth. She the daughter of Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch and [his future mother-in-law] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 42]. He the illegitmate son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 32] and Lucy Walter. They were fifth cousins.

On 13th April 1673 [his father] Charles Cornwallis 2nd Baron Cornwallis [aged 41] died. His son Charles [aged 17] succeeded 3rd Baron Cornwallis.

Before 1675 Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis [aged 19] and Elizabeth Fox Baroness Cornwallis were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Baroness Cornwallis.

In 1675 [his son] Charles Cornwallis 4th Baron Cornwallis was born to Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis [aged 19] and [his wife] Elizabeth Fox Baroness Cornwallis. He married 6th June 1699 Charlotte Butler Baroness Cornwallis, daughter of Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran and Dorothy Ferrers Countess Arran, and had issue.

On 8th December 1680 Charles Fox [aged 20] was elected MP Eye in the interest of his brother-in-law Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis [aged 24]. He appears to have been underage at the time.

On 28th February 1681 [his wife] Elizabeth Fox Baroness Cornwallis died.

After 28th February 1681 Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis [aged 25] and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 60].

After December 1682 George Mackenzie 1st Earl Cromartie [aged 52] and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss [aged 23] were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss and [his mother-in-law] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 62].

John Evelyn's Diary. 18th December 1684. I went with Lord Cornwallis [aged 28] to see the young gallants do their exercise, Mr. Faubert having newly rail'd in a manage, and fitted it for the academy. There were the Dukes of Norfolk [aged 29] and Northumberland [aged 18], Lord Newburgh, and a nephew of (Duras) Earle of Feversham [aged 43]. The exercises were, 1. running at the ring; 2. flinging a javelin at a Moor's head; 3. discharging a pistol at a mark; lastly, taking up a gauntlet with the point of a sword; all these perform'd in full speede. The D. of Northumberland hardly miss'd of succeeding in every one, a dozen times, as I think. The D. of Norfolk did exceeding bravely. Lords Newburgh and Duras seem'd nothing so dextrous. Here I saw the difference of what ye French call "belle homme a cheval", and "bon homme a cheval;" the Duke of Norfolk being the first, that is, rather a fine person on a horse, the Duke of Northumberland being both in perfection, namely, a graceful person and excellent rider. But the Duke of Norfolk told me he had not ben at this exercise these 12 yeares before. There were in the field ye Prince of Denmark [aged 31], and the Lord Landsdown [aged 23], sonn of ye Earle of Bath [aged 56], who had ben made a Count of ye Empire last Summer for his service before Vienna.

John Evelyn's Diary. 4th June 1685. Then the King [aged 51] rose, the Lords accompanying him to his bed-chamber, where, whilst he repos'd himselfe, tired indeede as he was with griefe and watching, they return'd againe Into the Council-chamber to take order for the proclaiming his Ma*, which (after some debate) they consented should be in the very forme his grandfather K. James I. was, after ye death of Queene Elizabeth; as likewise that the Lords, &c. should proceede in their coaches thro' the Citty for the more solemnity of it. Upon this was I, and severall other Gentlemen waiting in the Privy-gallerie, admitted into ye Council-chamber to be witnesse of what was resolv'd on. Thence with the Lords, the Lord Marshall and Heraulds, and other Crowne Officers being ready, we first went to White-hall gate, where the Lords stood on foote bare-headed, whilst the Herauld proclaim'd his Majesty's title to the Imperial Crowne and Succession according to ye forme, the trumpets and kettle-drums having first sounded 3 times, which ended with the people's acclamations. Then a Herauld call'd the Lords' coaches according to rank, myselfe accompanying the solemnity in my Lord Cornwallis's [aged 29] coach, first to Temple Barr, where the Lord Maior and his brethren met us on horseback, in all theire formalities, and proclaim'd the King; hence to the Exchange in Cornhill, and so we return'd in the order we set forth. Being come to Whitehall, we all went and kiss'd the King and Queenes [aged 26] hands. He had ben on ye bed, but was now risen and in his undresse. The Queene [aged 23] was in bed in her appartment, but put forth her hand, seeming to be much afflicted, as I believe she was, having deported herselfe so decently upon all occasions since she came into England, which made her universally belov'd. Thus concluded this sad and not joyfull day.

On 13th August 1685 [his step-daughter] Anne Scott [aged 10] died.

On 2nd January 1694 [his step-son] James Scott [aged 19] and Henrietta Hyde Countess Dalkeith [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Dalkeith. She the daughter of Lawrence Hyde 1st Earl Rochester [aged 51] and Henrietta Boyle Countess Rochester. He the son of James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch and [his wife] Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 42].

On 29th April 1698 Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis [aged 42] died. His son Charles [aged 23] succeeded 4th Baron Cornwallis.

On 6th February 1732 [his former wife] Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 80] died. Her grandson Francis [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Duke Buccleuch.