Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis

Fiennes Neil Wykeham Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis OBE , DL ( June 29, 1921 - March 6, 2010 ) was a British peer .

life and career

Cornwallis was the youngest child and only son of Colonel Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis (1892-1982) and Cecily Etha Mary (née Walker, † 1943). He had an older sister, Rosamond Patricia Susan Anne Cornwallis (1918-1960).

Cornwallis attended Eton College . During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards from 1941 to 1944 . He then resigned from service because of a war injury .

Cornwallis owned extensive orchards which he managed himself. He was a member of several committees of the House of Lords and of the European Commission , in which he represented the interests of fruit growers and in particular advocated the interests of smaller companies. He was President of the British Agricultural Contractors' Association from 1952 to 1954 . From 1957 to 1963 and again from 1986 to 1998 he was President of the National Association of Agricultural Contractors . In 1968 he became director of the Plant Building Society , from 1971 to 1975 he was its chairman. From 1972 to 1989 he was chairman of the Food Aid Convention Fruit Forum. Cornwallis was from 1975 to 1986 representative ("Representative") of the Horticultural Co-operatives in the European Economic Community . From 1979 to 1982 he was a member of the Confederation of British Industry Smaller Firms Council , from 1979 to 1982 he was its chairman. He was a member of the United Kingdom Quality Assurance Scheme from 1986 to 1989. From 1993 to 1997 he was President of English Apples and Pears Ltd , and from 1989 to 1993 its Chairman.

Membership in the House of Lords

After his father's death in 1982 he succeeded him as Baron Cornwallis and became a member of the House of Lords . From 1994 to 1998 he was a member of the All-Party Parliamentary British Fruit Group . He was its founder in 1989. He lost his seat in the House of Lords in 1999 with the House of Lords Act 1999 .

Freemasons

He was moved to Douglas Lodge No. Introduced in 1725, Maidstone . In 1962 he was Provincial Senior Grand Warden of Kent and 1963 Senior Grand Warden . An interest in social welfare led to his involvement in the former Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , of which he was chairman from 1966 to 1972.

In 1971 he became Assistant Grand Master . Shortly thereafter, the Bagnall Committee was set up to investigate the welfare work of the Masonic lodges. After completing his report, he was asked by the Grand Master to chair the Grand Master's Committee to carry out important reforms. This led to restructuring in the welfare work of the Masonic lodges, to which Cornwallis made a not inconsiderable contribution.

In 1976 he became Deputy Grand Master and Second Grand Principal . Cornwallis was from 1982 to 1991/1992 “Pro Grand Master” and “Pro First Grand Principal” of the United Grand Lodge of England . Then he retired.

During his tenure, Cornwallis dealt in particular with the question of the public perception of Freemasonry, political influence, inquiries from the Anglican Church and the Methodist Church regarding the compatibility of Freemasonry and Christianity as well as problems of the former Masonic Hospital . He advocated a new policy of openness.

Further offices and honors

From 1962 to 1969 he was Executive Governor of Cobham Hall School . From 1975 to 1979 he was chairman of the Magnet and Planet Building Society . Cornwallis worked for the Town and Country Building Society from 1979 to 1981 and 1990 to 1992 , from 1979 to 1992 as its director. From 1979 to 1998 he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Chevening Estate , from 1981 to 1998 Chairman of its Executive Committee. From 1992 to 1999 he was director of the Sevenoaks School .

In recognition of his services, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1963 . In 1976 he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Kent . He was a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers . He was also a Fellow of the Institute of Horticulture and the Royal Philatelic Society London .

family

Cornwallis was married three times. His first wife was Judith Lacy, nee Scott, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Lacy Scott. They married on October 17, 1942 and divorced in 1948. Together they had two children, a son and a daughter, who died in 1966. In his second marriage he was married from June 1, 1951 to Agnes Jean Russell (nee Landale), the daughter of Captain Henderson Russell Landale. With her he had four children, a son and three daughters. Lady Cornwallis died on March 15, 2001. Fiennes Cornwallis married Stephanie Coleman on April 6, 2002. She died on December 4, 2009.

Lord Cornwallis died on March 6, 2010 at the age of 88. His son Jeremy inherited the title of Baron Cornwallis .

Web links

• Fiennes Cornwallis at Hansard (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Rt Hon the Lord Cornwallis, OBE, DL  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Debretts (available online)  
2. ↑ In Memoriam - Lord Cornwallis ( Memento of the original dated May 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Obituary at   ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 9, 2010 
3. ^ Fiennes Neil Wykeham Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis on thepeerage.com , accessed September 18, 2016.
4. ↑ Fiennes CORNWALLIS Obituary in: Times of 11 March 2010

predecessor	Office	successor
Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis	Baron Cornwallis 1982-2010	Jeremy Cornwallis