Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis
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| Full name | Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 March 1892 Linton, Kent |
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| Died | 4 January 1982 (aged 89) Fordcombe, Kent |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1919–1926 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 19 July 2009
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Colonel Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis KCVO KBE MC (4 March 1892 – 4 January 1982), was a British peer, cavalry officer and amateur cricketer. He served during the First World War and was later prominent in public life in the county of Kent, holding a range of public offices. He played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club, captaining the side between 1926 and 1928 and succeeded his father Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis as Baron Cornwallis in 1935.
Cornwallis was born at Linton Park in Linton in Kent, the second son of Fiennes Cornwallis and his wife Mabel Leigh. He had two brothers and four sisters. He was educated at Ludgrove School, where he captained the cricket team, and at Eton College before going on to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
His father was Member of Parliament for Maidstone and later became Chairman of Kent County Council. The hereditary title of Baron Cornwallis was created for him in 1927.
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