Edward Cornwallis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edward Cornwallis

British Army general

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1713

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1776

Profession: politician, military officer

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Edward Cornwallis

  • Lieutenant General Edward Cornwallis (5 March [O.S.
  • 22 February] 1713 – 14 January 1776) was a British military officer who was a member of the aristocratic Cornwallis family.
  • Cornwallis fought in Scotland, putting down the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 and then was given the task of establishing Halifax, Nova Scotia as the Governor of Nova Scotia (1749–1752).
  • Cornwallis returned to London, where he was elected as MP for Westminster and married the niece of Robert Walpole, Great Britain's first Prime Minister.
  • Cornwallis was then given the position of Governor of Gibraltar. Cornwallis' administration in Nova Scotia had several significant achievements.
  • Cornwallis implemented the first constitution in present-day Canada, establishing both an Executive and Legislative Council.
  • He oversaw the first British law courts in Canada (court of General Sessions, County Court, and Supreme Court); erected forts at Grand Pre, Chignecto and Halifax; organized a militia of 840 men; established a public school for orphans; respected religious diversity through separation of church and state.
  • He also established the first Jewish community, the first German community and the first protestant dissenting congregation in present-day Canada.Cornwallis is commemorated in the naming of rivers, parks, streets, towns, and buildings in Nova Scotia.
  • The commemoration of Cornwallis has become controversial in recent years.
  • Local Mi'kmaq leaders objected to Governor Cornwallis' extirpation proclamation (1749).
  • After protests at the site, a statue of Cornwallis in a downtown park in Halifax was removed and placed into storage.
  • The Halifax Regional School Board removed his name from a junior high school.
  • The Halifax city government has struck a committee to discuss how Cornwallis should be commemorated.

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