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Description:This is the second and final volume of Franklin and Mary Wickwire's definitive biography of Charles, first Marquis Cornwallis. Cornwallis: The Imperial Years, a comprehensive appraisal of Cornwallis's career and character, reveals the nature of British government in India and Ireland and analyzes British relations with France from 1793 to the conclusion of the peace of Amiens in 1802.The first volume of the biography, Cornwallis: The American Adventure, was published in 1970 and focused on Cornwallis's unsuccessful imperial role during the American Revolution.The Imperial Years studies in detail Cornwallis's work in India, his contributions in Britain as master general of the ordnance, his tenure as lord lieutenant and commander in chief in Ireland, and his diplomacy in negotiating the peace of Amiens. Through Cornwallis's career the book shows how the British made important decisions that affected the Empire for the century to follow.After the defeat at Yorktown, Cornwallis remained a major figure in the British imperial order. Appointed governor general and commander in chief in India in 1786, he accomplished major reforms in the Indian civil service and judiciary and instituted a land revenue settlement in Bengal. Scholars have called these measures the Cornwallis Code. Though he encountered stiff opposition in his attempts to reform the Indian Army, he led that army to victory in the third Mysore War, which resulted in the addition of considerable territory to the British Empire in India. Rewarded with a Marquisate for his work, he returned to England in early 1794. Cornwallis's subsequent career included a term as master general of the ordnance (1795-1801), part of which time (1795-1798) he also served in the cabinet. He was next lord lieutenant and commander in chief in Ireland (1798-1801). In Ireland, Cornwallis extinguished the last fires of the rebellion of 1798, captured a French army sent to aid the rebels, pacified the country, and negotiated the Act of Union. In 1801 the Pitt government appointed him British plenipotentiary to arrange a peace with France, which resulted in the Amiens settlement. Dispatched again to India as governor general in 1805, Cornwallis died there at Gazipore.A major contribution to British imperial history, Cornwallis: The Imperial Years is massively researched in primary materials. Like the first volume, it also is distinguished by vivid and accessible writing.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cornwallis: The Imperial Years. To get started finding Cornwallis: The Imperial Years, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This is the second and final volume of Franklin and Mary Wickwire's definitive biography of Charles, first Marquis Cornwallis. Cornwallis: The Imperial Years, a comprehensive appraisal of Cornwallis's career and character, reveals the nature of British government in India and Ireland and analyzes British relations with France from 1793 to the conclusion of the peace of Amiens in 1802.The first volume of the biography, Cornwallis: The American Adventure, was published in 1970 and focused on Cornwallis's unsuccessful imperial role during the American Revolution.The Imperial Years studies in detail Cornwallis's work in India, his contributions in Britain as master general of the ordnance, his tenure as lord lieutenant and commander in chief in Ireland, and his diplomacy in negotiating the peace of Amiens. Through Cornwallis's career the book shows how the British made important decisions that affected the Empire for the century to follow.After the defeat at Yorktown, Cornwallis remained a major figure in the British imperial order. Appointed governor general and commander in chief in India in 1786, he accomplished major reforms in the Indian civil service and judiciary and instituted a land revenue settlement in Bengal. Scholars have called these measures the Cornwallis Code. Though he encountered stiff opposition in his attempts to reform the Indian Army, he led that army to victory in the third Mysore War, which resulted in the addition of considerable territory to the British Empire in India. Rewarded with a Marquisate for his work, he returned to England in early 1794. Cornwallis's subsequent career included a term as master general of the ordnance (1795-1801), part of which time (1795-1798) he also served in the cabinet. He was next lord lieutenant and commander in chief in Ireland (1798-1801). In Ireland, Cornwallis extinguished the last fires of the rebellion of 1798, captured a French army sent to aid the rebels, pacified the country, and negotiated the Act of Union. In 1801 the Pitt government appointed him British plenipotentiary to arrange a peace with France, which resulted in the Amiens settlement. Dispatched again to India as governor general in 1805, Cornwallis died there at Gazipore.A major contribution to British imperial history, Cornwallis: The Imperial Years is massively researched in primary materials. Like the first volume, it also is distinguished by vivid and accessible writing.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cornwallis: The Imperial Years. To get started finding Cornwallis: The Imperial Years, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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