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 daughter of the late Archbishop Trench : Fellow and Tutor of St. John's College, Oxford : was appointed Bishop of Colombo in 1875 : translated to Calcutta and became Metropolitan of India in 1902. Author of Buddhism : Primitive and Present.  CORBETT, SIR STUART ( ? –1865)

Commanded the 25th N.I. in the Panjab campaign of 1848–9, at Sadulapur, Chilianwala and Gujarat : C.B. : in the mutiny was Brig-General commanding at Mianmir : co-operated boldly and successfully with the civil authorities in totally disarming the native troops there on parade, May 13, 1857, seizing the Fort at Lahore, and sending English troops to secure Umritsar : K.C.B. : died at Naini Tal, Aug. 1, 1865.  CORDERY, JOHN GRAHAM (1833–1900)

I.C.S. : educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford : went out to the Panjab in 1856 : while at Peshawar, he translated the Iliad into English verse : served in Berar : was D.P.I, in the Panjab in 1872 : Commissioner of Peshawar : Resident at Hyderabad, 1883 : C.S.I. : retired, 1888 : translated the Odyssey : died April 8, 1900.  CORNISH, HUBERT (1757–1823)

Son of James Cornish of Teignmouth : born 1757 : was Private Secretary (1793–8) to his brother-in-law. Sir John Shore (Lord Teignmouth), during the whole term of his Governor-Generalship (a younger brother, George Cornish, being at the same time A.D.C.) : they both returned to England with Sir J. Shore in 1798 : Hubert settled at Exeter : a lawyer by profession and an accomplished artist and musician : died 1823.  CORNISH, HUBERT (1776–1832)

Son of James Cornish, M.D. : born 1776 : a nephew of Sir John Shore (q.v.) : went to India in the Civil Service, 1797 : was stationed at Benares in 1797. when Cherry (q.v.) the A.G.G., and other officers and Europeans were murdered treacherously by the orders of Wazir Ali (q.v.) : he jumped upon a horse which Sir J. Shore had given him, and was one of the few civilians who escaped : became a Judge in Bengal : retired about 1830 to his estate near Totnes : died Aug. 25, 1832.  CORNISH, WILLIAM ROBERT (1828–1897)

Educated at St. George's Hospital : entered the Madras Army as Assistant Surgeon, 1854 : Secretary to the Director-General, Medical Department, 1860–70 : Sanitary Commissioner to Madras Government, 1870–80 : did good service during the famine of 1877 : C.I.E. : Surgeon-General in 1880 : retired, 1885 : Member of the Legislative Council, Madras, 1883 : Fellow of the Madras University, 1867 : wrote on medical subjects : died Oct. 19, 1897 : F.R.C.S.  CORNWALLIS, CHARLES, FIRST MARQUIS (1738–1805)

Governor-General : son of Charles, first Earl : born Dec. 31, 1738 : educated at Eton : entered the Guards, 1756 : studied at the Military Academy, Turin : served in Germany, 1758–62 : at Minden : M.P. for Eye : became Earl in June, 1762 : Lord of the Bedchamber : Constable of the Tower, 1770 : Maj-General, 1775 : served in the American war, 1776 : second in command in 1778 to Sir H. Clinton : forced to capitulate at Yorktown on Oct. 19, 1781, no blame attaching to him : in 1782, and 1785, he refused to go to India, but, against his will, accepted the Governor-Generalship in 1786 : held the appointment from Sep., 1786, being also C. in C. : and K.G. : he reformed both the civil and military services : in Dec. 1790, he took the command in Madras against Tippoo : captured Bangalore, March 21, 1791 : defeated Tippoo near Seringapatam : took Nandidrug, Oct. 19 : Savandrug, Dec. 21 : besieged Seringapatam, Feb. 1792, when Tippoo submitted, and signed peace, ceding territory and paying a large indemnity : Cornwallis created a Marquis, Aug., 1792. He then announced the permanent settlement of the land revenue to be paid by the zamindars in Bengal, 1793, acting against the advice of Sir John Shore : he reformed the Law Courts : he sailed for Madras to attack Pondicherry, but it had surrendered before his arrival : he left Madras, homewards, on Oct. 10, 1793. From England, he was sent to military service on the continent : was Master-General of the Ordnance from 1795 : when military questions caused anxiety in Bengal, Cornwallis was re-appointed Governor-General