George Cornewall was a British politician, soldier and baronet.
Sir George Cornewall, 2nd Baronet of Moccas Court, Herefordshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1807.
George Cornwall or Cornewall may also refer to:
George Cornwall, of Berrington, Herefordshire, English Bicknor, Gloucestershire and Stanage, Radnorshire, was an English politician.
The Amyand, later Cornewall Baronetcy of Moccas Court, in the County of Hereford, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 9 August 1764 for George Amyand, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnstaple in the House of Commons of Great Britain.
At least six ships with the name Queen served the Honourable East India Company between 1701 and 1839. Most were East Indiamen:
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet, was a British statesman and man of letters. He is best known for preserving the peace in 1862 when the British cabinet debated intervention into the American Civil War. Proponents such as Chancellor of the Exchequer William Gladstone, Foreign Minister Russell and Prime Minister Palmerston favored the Confederacy. They worried about the danger of an extremely bloody race war in the United States, and wanted to restore the supply of urgently needed raw cotton for the Lancashire textile industry. Lewis was a strong opponent, warning that there were very high risks to British interests. His views finally prevailed and the British remained neutral throughout the Civil War.
George Cornwell was a British railway engineer and building contractor working in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in the second half of the nineteenth century. Among his prominent works, were the Hawthorn Railway Bridge built in 1861, with a span of about 60 metres (200 ft), being one of the last major items of permanent way to be completed on the fledgling Melbourne and Suburban Railway. Under the name 'George Cornwell and Co.' Cornwell had previously been involved as contractor in many other major construction works including the Melbourne Grammar School, the Model School, Coppin's Haymarket Theatre, the Sunbury railway goods shed and other Melbourne and Suburban Railway works. Subsequently, he was a contractor on Parliament House, Albert Park Station, Jack's Magazine and the Wallaby Creek water supply.
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George Lewis may refer to:
Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet, of Werrington, was an English Member of Parliament.
Charles Wolfran Cornwall was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1789. He was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1780 to 1789.
Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, 1st Baronet was a British Poor Law Commissioner and moderate Tory MP.
Henry Fleming Lea Devereux, 14th Viscount Hereford PC was a British Tory politician. He served as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms between 1827 and 1830 and again between 1834 and 1835.
Sir William Duff-Gordon, 2nd Baronet, known as William Gordon until 1815, was a Scottish politician.
Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet was a British Whig politician, physician and merchant.
Thomas Wiliam Chester-Master was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1878 to 1885.
Sir Reginald Mohun, 1st Baronet (1564–1639) of Boconnoc in Cornwall, was a prominent member of the gentry of Cornwall and an MP.
Sir Thomas Cornwall (1468–1537) was the 8th feudal baron of Burford. He was knighted in 1497.
Richard Cornwall was an English politician.
Velters Cornewall was an English politician.
Captain Frederick Cornewall was an officer in the British Royal Navy.
Vice Admiral Charles Cornewall or Cornwall, of Berrington, Herefordshire, was an officer in the British Royal Navy and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1709 and 1718.
Sir Robert de Cornwall was a British member of parliament.
Humphrey Cornewall (1616–1688) was an English member of parliament.