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{{short description|Extinct barony in the Peerage of England and extant barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom}}

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[[Image:Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis c 1902.gif |thumb|200px|[[Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis]]]]
'''Baron Cornwallis''' is a title that has been created twice, once in the [[Peerage of England]] and once in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. The holders of the first creation were later made Earl Cornwallis and Marquess Cornwallis, but these titles are now extinct. For information on the first creation, see the [[Earl Cornwallis]].

The second creation came in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] in 1927 when the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician [[Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis|Fiennes Cornwallis]] was created '''Baron Cornwallis''', of Linton in the County of Kent. He had previously represented [[Maidstone (UK Parliament constituency)|Maidstone]] in Parliament and served as chairman of the [[Kent County Council]] from 1910 to 1930. He was the son of [[Fiennes Cornwallis]] (who had been born Fiennes Wykeham-Martin but had assumed the surname of Cornwallis by Royal licence in 1859), son of Charles Wykeham-Martin and Lady Jemima Isabella, daughter of James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis. The first Baron's second but eldest surviving son, the second Baron, also served as chairman of the [[Kent County Council]] and was [[Lord Lieutenant of Kent]]. {{As of|2010}} the title is held by the latter's grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in March 2010. His wife, Sara, serves as Deputy Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross.

==Barons Cornwallis, First creation (1661)==
*see [[Earl Cornwallis]]

==Barons Cornwallis, Second creation (1927)==
*[[Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis|Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis]] (1864–1935)
*[[Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis|Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis]] (1892–1982)
*[[Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis|Fiennes Neil Wykeham Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis]] (1921–2010)
*Fiennes Wykeham Jeremy Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis (born 1946)

The [[heir apparent]] is the present holder's son the Honourable Fiennes Alexander Wykeham Martin Cornwallis (born 1987).

==See also==
*[[Earl Cornwallis]]
*[[Cornwallis (disambiguation)]]

==References==
*Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition).<br /> New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. {{ISBN|0-333-38847-X}}
*{{Rayment|date=February 2012}}
{{Extant Barons of the United Kingdom}}

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