[PAR] [TLE] Blackledge-Kearney [SEP] Blackledge-Kearney House, also known as "Cornwallis' Headquarters", is located within the Palisades Interstate Park in Alpine, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.  The original, southern portion of the house was probably built in the 1760s, and the northern addition built around 1840.  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1984.  Lord Cornwallis was believed to have used the house as a temporary headquarters during his crossing of the Hudson River in 1776, but modern historians dispute this claim. [PAR] [TLE] Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis [SEP] Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG, PC (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805), styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.  In the United States and the United Kingdom he is best remembered as one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence.  His surrender in 1781 to a combined American and French force at the Siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North America.  He also served as a civil and military governor in Ireland and India; in both places he brought about significant changes, including the Act of Union in Ireland, and the Cornwallis Code and the Permanent Settlement in India.
[PAR] [TLE] Blackledge - Kearney [ SEP ] Blackledge - Kearney House , also known as " Cornwallis ' Headquarters " , is located within the Palisades Interstate Park in Alpine , Bergen County , New Jersey , United States . The original , southern portion of the house was probably built in the 1760s , and the northern addition built around 1840 . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 24 , 1984 . Lord Cornwallis was believed to have used the house as a temporary headquarters during his crossing of the Hudson River in 1776 , but modern historians dispute this claim . [PAR] [TLE] Charles Cornwallis , 1st Marquess Cornwallis [ SEP ] Charles Cornwallis , 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG , PC ( 31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805 ) , styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792 , was a British Army officer and colonial administrator . In the United States and the United Kingdom he is best remembered as one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence . His surrender in 1781 to a combined American and French force at the Siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North America . He also served as a civil and military governor in Ireland and India ; in both places he brought about significant changes , including the Act of Union in Ireland , and the Cornwallis Code and the Permanent Settlement in India .
Blackledge-Kearney was used by which administrator for a temporary headquarters during the crossing of the Hudson in the late 1770s?
Blackledge - Kearney was used by which administrator for a temporary headquarters during the crossing of the Hudson in the late 1770s ?
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis