AdmiralCornwallis

Admiral Cornwallis  William Cornwallis was born 10 February 1744; he was the younger brother of General Charles Cornwallis. He entered the navy in 1755.Until 1779 he held various commands doing the regular work of the navy in convoy. In that year he commanded in the fleet of Admiral Byron. In March 1780 he fought an action in company with two other vessels against a much superior French force off. CornWallis went back to North America and he served with Hood in the Battle of St. Kitts. And fought next to a army member in the Battle of Saints of the year of 1782. While he was in these very strong wars he use to write. And then he had served in the French Revolutionary Wars in the year of 1795. On that same year everybody would speak in respect on the retreat of Admiral Cornwallis. Cornwallis became full admiral in 1799 and held the Channel Command for a short interval. For those many years he has been respected for being a leader but then death had happened on 5 July 1819.
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