Lady Elizabeth Cornwallis - St Mary - Brome, Suffolk
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Arms of Lady Elizabeth Cornwallis (d.1680) in St Mary's church, Brome.
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Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/02/2019
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Arms of Lady Elizabeth Cornwallis [nee Fox] (d.1680) in St Mary's church, Brome.
"A wall monument to Lady Elizabeth Cornwallis (d. 1680), on the chapel N. wall above and behind the tomb-chest to Sir Thomas and his wife, featuring a medallion in which is set an attractive bust of Lady Elizabeth, who married at eighteen and produced four sons before dying at the age of twenty-five, bearing a full-figured portrait of this unfortunate young lady, looking southwest, with putti on either side and a coat of arms above."
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Cornwallis arms impaling Fox arms.
Elizabeth Cornwallis, Baroness Cornwallis of Eye, Baroness Cornwallis (born Fox) was born in 1655 to Sir Stephen Fox and Christiana Fox (born Hope).
Sir Fox was born on March 27 1627, in Farley, Wiltshire. (
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Christiana was born on October 12 1677, in Haceby, Lincolnshire.
Elizabeth had 11 siblings: Lady Jane Compton (born Fox), Stephen 1st Earl of Fox-Strangways 1st Earl of Ilchester and 9 other siblings.
Elizabeth married Baron Charles Cornwallis.
Baron Cornwallis was born on December 28 1655, in Eye, Suffolk. (
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They had one son: Charles Cornwallis 4th Baron Cornwallis. MP. (
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Elizabeth passed away in 1680, at age 25.
She was buried at St Mary's church, Brome.