Henry Cornewall (MP for Weobley)

English soldier, courtier and Member of Parliament

Colonel Henry Cornewall (c. 1654 – 22 February 1717) was an English soldier, courtier and Member of Parliament.

Early life

He was born the eldest son of Edward Cornewall of Moccas Court and Frances (née Pye) Vaughan, daughter of Sir Walter Pye and the widow of Henry Vaughan of Moccas Court and Bredwardine. From his mother's first marriage, he had an elder half-brother, Roger Vaughan, a courtier and MP for Hereford. He succeeded his father in 1709.

Career

In 1685 he raised a regiment of foot, which later became the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot. He resigned this command following the Glorious Revolution, as he personally opposed William III of England taking the throne. He was replaced by Colonel John Cunningham who led the regiment to Ireland to try and relieve the Siege of Derry. In the House of Commons, he represented Weobley from 1685 to 1689, Hereford from 1689 to 1695, Herefordshire from 1698 to 1701 and Weobley again in 1701, from 1702 to 1708, and from 1710 to 1713.

Personal life

He married twice. Firstly to Margarita Laurentia Huyssen of Middelburg in Zeeland, the wealthy heiress of Laurentius Huyssen Lord of Welden, whom he married on 11 October 1683. The couple had two children.

Henry Cornewall (1685–1756), General
William Henry Cornewall (died 1688, aged four months)

Margarita died on 26 April 1692 and was buried at the Dutch Church, Austin Friars. Henry's second wife was Susanna, the daughter and coheir of Sir John Williams, whom he married on 27 April 1695. The couple had three children:

Velters Cornewall (1697–1768), MP for Herefordshire
James Cornewall (1698–1744), Captain in the Royal Navy, killed at the Battle of Toulon
Mary Cornewall (d. 1741), married to Hon. Henry Berkeley

Cornewall died on 22 February 1717, and was buried six days later in the South aisle of Westminster Abbey. He left his Radnor estates to his eldest son and property in Herefordshire (Moccas Hall and Bredwardine) to Velters.

References

Rowlands, Edward (1983). "Cornewall, Henry (c.1654–1717)". In Henning, B. D. (ed.). The House of Commons 1660–1690. The History of Parliament Trust.
Hayton, D. W. (2002). "Cornewall, Henry (c.1654–1717)". In Hayton, David; Cruickshanks, Eveline; Handley, Stuart (eds.). The House of Commons 1690–1715. The History of Parliament Trust.
^ Foljambe, Cecil George; Reade, Compton (1908). The House of Cornewall. Hereford: Jakeman and Carver. pp. 103–107.
"Henry and James Cornewall". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 24 June 2015.

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Preceded byJohn Booth Colonel John Birch	Member of Parliament for Weobley 1685–1689 With: Robert Price	Succeeded byColonel John Birch James Morgan
Preceded bySir William Gregory Paul Foley	Member of Parliament for Hereford 1689–1695 With: Paul Foley	Succeeded byJames Morgan Paul Foley
Preceded byEdward Harley Sir Herbert Croft	Member of Parliament for Herefordshire 1698–1701 With: Henry Gorges	Succeeded bySir John Williams Henry Gorges
Preceded byThomas Foley Robert Price	Member of Parliament for Weobley 1701 With: John Birch	Succeeded byRobert Price John Birch
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Preceded byParliament of England	Member of Parliament for Weobley 1707–1708 With: John Birch	Succeeded byJohn Birch Henry Thynne
Preceded byJohn Birch Henry Gorges	Member of Parliament for Weobley 1710–1713 With: John Birch	Succeeded byJohn Birch Uvedale Tomkins Price

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