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Admiral the Honourable Sir William Cornwallis, GCB (10 February 1744 – 5 July 1819) was a Royal Navy officer. He was the brother of Charles Cornwallis, the 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British commander at the siege of Yorktown. Cornwallis took part in a number of decisive battles including the Siege of Louisbourg in 1758 and the Battle of the Saintes but is best known as a friend of Lord Nelson and as the commander-in-chief of the Channel Fleet during the Napoleonic Wars.

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rdfs:comment	Admiral the Honourable Sir William Cornwallis, GCB (10 February 1744 – 5 July 1819) was a Royal Navy officer. He was the brother of Charles Cornwallis, the 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British commander at the siege of Yorktown. Cornwallis took part in a number of decisive battles including the Siege of Louisbourg in 1758 and the Battle of the Saintes but is best known as a friend of Lord Nelson and as the commander-in-chief of the Channel Fleet during the Napoleonic Wars.
foaf:name	Cornwallis, William Sir William Cornwallis
foaf:nick	Blue Billy Coachee, Billy go tight and Mr Whip
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dc:description	Royal Navy admiral
award	dbpedia:Order_of_the_Bath
battle	French Revolutionary Wars Battle of the Saintes Battle of Quiberon Bay Pondicherry Battle of Grenada Siege of Louisbourg Battle of St. Kitts Cornwallis's Retreat Napoleonic Wars American Revolutionary War Third Anglo-Mysore War Seven Years War
birth date	1744-02-10(xsd:dateTime)
birth year	1744-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
country	United Kingdom
death date	1819-07-05(xsd:dateTime)
death year	1819-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
military command	Commander-in-ChiefChannel Fleet Commander-in-ChiefEast Indies HM Yacht Charlotte
military rank	dbpedia:Admiral
relation	The Viscount Townshend Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess
service end year	1755-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
service start year	1755-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Cornwallis_as_Admiral.jpg?width=300
is commander of	Cornwallis's Retreat Siege of Pondicherry

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