Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Lewis, (Sir) George Cornewall (Bart.)

by Joseph Foster

Lewis, (Sir) George Cornewall (Bart.), 1s. Thomas Frankland, of St George's, Hanover Square, London, arm. Christ Church, matric. 10 Feb., 1824, aged 17; student 1828-39, B.A. 1829, M.A. 1831, created D.C.L. 24 June, 1857, 2nd baronet, bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1831, M.P. co. Hereford 1847-52, Radnor 1855-63, chief commissioner of poor laws 1839-47, etc., chancellor of Exchequer 1855-8, home secretary 1859, war secretary 1861-3, privy councillor, historian, philosopher, and critic, died 13 April, 1863. See Foster's Baronetage & Eton School Lists.