Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis was a British army officer and administrator. As a general in the American War of Independence he was besieged by American and French forces at Yorktown, and his surrender in October 1781 effectively ended the war. He later served as Governor-General of India, where his Permanent Settlement of 1793 fixed the land revenue of Bengal, and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland during the rebellion of 1798.