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While in Boston, Cornwall drew the ire of provincial authorities for heavy-handedness. When local authorities raised a crew and provincial naval vessel to hunt pirates in the summer of 1726, Cornwall stopped them and fired on the vessel when the provincial sailors refused to stop for him.
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by a Mrs Hannah
Southwark of Boston named Thomas Cornewall (d. 1796), to whom he left £4000 in his will. Thomas would follow his father into the Royal Navy and became a Captain himself in 1757. The bulk of James Cornewall's estate was left to his
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Spanish attack. Cornewall had sought to overturn the result of the 1734 election on the basis that "the right of election was in the occupiers or owners of certain 'ancient vote-houses' and not in the householders at large." By the time the
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near the entrance of St George's Chapel. In 1882 the monument was modified to make a doorway into the chapel, and in 1932 it was moved altogether when St George's was made a
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came to consider this petition, Birch was no longer alive to defend his side of the argument, resulting in
Cornewall once more being appointed to the seat on 3 March 1737.
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early in the action, living only long enough "to express the agony he was in, by shaking his head at the surgeon." Command passed to his cousin,
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later put it, "In the present dearth of glory is canonized, though poor man! he had been tried twice the year before for cowardice."
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He was not able to spend much time in the House, only recorded as voting twice and speaking once. In early 1737 he was commander of
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December of the same year. Three years later he was given his first independent command, being promoted to become captain of the
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losing 43 killed and 120 wounded from its crew of 750 men. Amongst the killed was
Cornewall, with both his legs carried away by a
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in honour of the Captain was launched in 1761. Frederick Cornewall was its first commander.
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officer and politician who became a national hero following his death in action at the
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In 1743, still sailing in Mathews' Mediterranean fleet, he took up his final command:
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on 3 April 1724. He spent four years aboard this ship, principally in the waters off
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of that year, losing once again to John Birch. In June he took command of
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chapel. It now stands in the entrance archway to the Abbey's
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In 1747 a monument to Cornewall was commissioned to stand in
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compares this phase of his life to "the opening chapters of
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was unable to find any evidence to support the allegation.
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Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession
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592:, with instructions that it should pass to their brother
518:. On 11 February 1744 he was next astern of Mathews'
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295:and his second wife Susanna, and was baptised at
616:on a monument. It stood at the West end of the
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967:Three Decks – Warships in the Age of Sail
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388:establishing friendly relations with the
291:He was born in 1698, the youngest son of
16:British Royal Navy officer and politician
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268:was the first ever to be erected by the
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692:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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384:, which he sailed to the coast of
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864:The British Admirals of the Fleet
264:in 1744. Cornewall's monument in
774:Dictionary of National Biography
468:In 1739 he was given command of
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901:The History of Parliament Trust
834:The History of Parliament Trust
802:The History of Parliament Trust
897:The House of Commons 1715–1754
830:The House of Commons 1715–1754
822:"Cornewall, James (1698–1744)"
798:The House of Commons 1715–1754
369:on 30 January 1730, losing to
222:War of the Austrian Succession
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709:UK public library membership
302:His naval career began as a
1061:Parliament of Great Britain
1011:"Henry and James Cornewall"
790:"Birch, John (c.1666–1735)"
284:A monument to Cornewall in
270:Parliament of Great Britain
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914:Mathews, Thomas (1744).
862:Heathcote, Tony (2002).
764:"Cornewall, James"
501:the following year with
497:in 1741 and sent to the
1146:The Viscount Palmerston
1040:"Historical Chronicle"
820:Newman, A. N. (1970).
726:. Barnsley: Seaforth.
722:Winfield, Rif (2009).
675:The House of Cornewall
670:Foljambe, Cecil George
288:
1184:British MPs 1734–1741
1179:British MPs 1727–1734
1091:Uvedale Tomkins Price
1074:Uvedale Tomkins Price
701:10.1093/ref:odnb/6329
529:, during the botched
306:, serving first upon
299:on 17 November 1698.
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276:Early life and career
142:Years of service
1044:Gentleman's Magazine
980:Coutu, Joan (2006).
689:"Cornewall, James".
375:Derwentwater estates
1209:Royal Navy captains
1199:Royal Navy officers
887:Lea, R. S. (1970).
759:Laughton, John Knox
551:Frederick Cornewall
449:and served off the
304:Volunteer-per-order
272:at public expense.
1134:Sir John Buckworth
1117:Sir John Buckworth
1103:Sir John Buckworth
1050:. London: 235–236.
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596:on Henry's death.
418:and served in the
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963:"Thomas Cornwall"
961:Harrison, Simon.
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428:Iberian Peninsula
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547:chain-shot
488:China Seas
461:, but the
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322:Fifth-rate
258:Royal Navy
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889:"Weobley"
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