Charles Cornewall

Vice Admiral Charles Cornewall or Cornwall (1669 – 7 October 1718), of Berrington, Herefordshire, was an officer in the Royal Navy and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1709 and 1718.

For the 18th-century Speaker of the House of Commons, see Charles Wolfran Cornwall.

Charles Cornewall
Born1669
Eye, Herefordshire
Died7 October 1718(1718-10-07) (aged 49)
Lisbon
Buried
Westminster Abbey
Allegiance Kingdom of England
 Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch Royal Navy (1683–1707)
 Royal Navy (1707–1718)
Years of service1683–1718
RankVice-Admiral of the Blue
Commands heldHMS Portsmouth
HMS Adventure
HMS Plymouth
HMS Kent
HMS Shrewsbury
HMS Exeter
HMS Orford
HMS Dreadnought
Mediterranean Fleet
Battles/warsNine Years' War
War of the Spanish Succession
War of the Quadruple Alliance
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