Life

He was the second son of Frederick Cornewall of Delbury (1706–1788), captain in the royal navy, by Mary, daughter of Francis Herbert of Ludlow, first cousin of the first Earl of Powis. Charles Cornewall was his granduncle. His brother Frederick (d. 1783) was M.P. for Ludlow in 1780. He was educated for the church, in which, having studied at Eton College

Eton College

Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

 and graduated B.A. at St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1777, he took orders.

He proceeded M.A. in 1780, and the same year, through the interest of his second cousin, Charles Wolfran Cornwall

Charles Wolfran Cornwall

Charles Wolfran Cornwall was a British politician.In 1768, he was returned as MP for Grampound. He was created a Privy Councillor in 1780....

, speaker of the House of Commons

Speaker of the British House of Commons

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, he obtained the post of chaplain to the Commons. He was preferred to a canonry at Windsor in 1784 and appointed master of Wigston's Hospital, Leicester, in 1790, dean of Canterbury

Dean of Canterbury

The Dean of Canterbury is the head of the Chapter of the Cathedral of Christ Church, Canterbury, England. The office of dean originated after the English Reformation, and its precursor office was the prior of the cathedral-monastery...

 in 1792, bishop of Bristol

Bishop of Bristol

The Bishop of Bristol heads the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury, in England.The present diocese covers parts of the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire together with a small area of Wiltshire...

 in 1797. He exchanged this see to become bishop of Hereford

Bishop of Hereford

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 in 1803, and in 1808 he was translated to be bishop of Worcester

Bishop of Worcester

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He died on 5 September 1831 at Hartlebury

Hartlebury

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, and was buried in the family vault at Delbury, Shropshire. Cornewall married Anne, eldest daughter of George Hamilton, canon of Windsor, by whom he had issue two sons and one daughter. He published 'A Sermon preached before the House of Commons on 30 Jan. 1782,' and also 'A Fast Sermon preached before the House of Lords in 1798.'