1859. In 1927 the Cornwallis title was revived when his son Fiennes Cornwallis was raised to the peerage as Baron Cornwallis. Several other members of the Cornwallis family also gained distinction. The Hon. Edward Cornwallis, the sixth son of the fourth Baron, was a soldier and is known as "the founder of Halifax". His younger twin brother, the Right Reverend the Hon. Frederick Cornwallis, was Archbishop of Canterbury. The Hon. William Cornwallis, younger son of the first Earl and younger brother of the first Marquess, was an admiral in the Royal Navy. Barons Cornwallis (1661) Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis (1610–1662) Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis (1632–1673) Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (1655–1698) Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis (1675–1722) Charles Cornwallis, 5th Baron Cornwallis (1700–1762) (created Earl Cornwallis in 1753) Earls Cornwallis (1753) Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis (1700–1762) Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis (1738–1805) (created Marquess Cornwallis in 1792) Marquesses Cornwallis (1792) Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805) Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis (1774–1823) Earls Cornwallis (1753, reverted) James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis (1743–1824) James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis (1778–1852) Hon Charles James Cornwallis later Mann, styled Viscount Brome (1813-1835), heir apparent until his death with no other heirs in remainder to the title. See also Baron Cornwallis (1927 creation) References External links Home of the Cornwallis family nr Eye, Suffolk Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Great Britain People from Eye, Suffolk Earl 1661 establishments in England 1753 establishments in Great Britain Noble titles created in 1753 1852 disestablishments in the United Kingdom