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William Cornwallis Cornwallis-West VD JP (20 March 1835 – 4 July 1917), was a British landowner, politician for seven years from 1885 and raised the 6th (Ruthin) Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps followed by further ceremonial duties in the wider territorial army in Wales.
Daisy wurde als älteste Tochter des britischen Obersten William Cornwallis-West (1835–1917) und seiner Ehefrau Mary FitzPatrick (1856–1920), geboren. Sie wuchs auf Ruthin Castle und im Stadthaus in London auf, zusammen mit ihren jüngeren Geschwistern:
Daisy, Princess of Pless (Mary Theresa Olivia; née Cornwallis-West; 28 June 1873 – 29 June 1943) was a noted society beauty in the Edwardian period. During her marriage, she was a member of one of the wealthiest European noble families.
Leben und Wirken. Cornwallis-West wurde 1874 als einziger Sohn von William Cornwallis-West (1835–1917) und seiner Gattin Mary, geborene FitzPatrick (1856–1920), geboren. Seine ältere Schwester war die spätere Fürstin Daisy von Pless (ursprünglich May Theresa Cornwallis-West).
Admiral Sir William Cornwallis was one of Milford’s most distinguished residents. As Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet in the early years of the nineteenth century, it was his blockade of the French fleet at Brest and other ports that frustrated Napoleon’s plans to invade England.
William Cornwallis Cornwallis-West VD JP , was a British landowner, politician for seven years from 1885 and raised the 6th Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps followed by further ceremonial duties in the wider territorial army in Wales.
George Cornwallis-West was the great-great-grandson of John Whitby, the flag captain of Admiral Sir William Cornwallis (1744-1819) of Milford-on-Sea. He was an unlikely historian, but his two historical works are of considerable value.
