Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World

Charles Cornwallis was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Great Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars and the building of the second British Empire in India. Focusing on the first section of his new major biography on Cornwallis, Richard Middleton offers insight into Cornwallis’ time in America and shows that Cornwallis’ legacy during the Revolutionary War is significantly more complex than the shortcomings he is most often associated with. About the Speaker Richard Middleton is an independent scholar and was formerly associate professor of American history at Queen’s University Belfast. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Exeter and is the author of The Bells of Victory: The Pitt Newcastle Ministry and the Conduct of the Seven Years’ War, 1757-1762 (1985), Colonial America: A History, 1565-1776 (2002), Amherst and the Conquest of Canada: Selected Papers from the Correspondence of Major General Jeffery Amherst while Commander in Chief in North America from September 1758 to December 1760 (2003), Pontiac’s War: Its Causes, Course and Consequences, 1763-1765 (2007) and The War of American Independence, 1775-1783 (2011) SUBSCRIBE to our channel: https://bit.ly/3DxZnrJ Follow us on social media: Facebook:   / americanrevolutioninstitute   Instagram:   / americanrevolutioninstitute   Twitter:   / amrevinstitute   Stay updated by joining our mailing list: https://bit.ly/3TpfhdL Visit our website: www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org Learn more and explore future and past programs: www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/events #amrevinstitute