Charles Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis, born on December 31,1738 and died on October 5,1805. He was a British army officer and colonial administrator, he is best known for being a great leader in the American war of Independence. The war practically ended when he surrendered against an American and French militia attack at Yorktown.
He was born in a very wealthy family and had military interests since a young age, he was also known for " Earl Cornwallis".

Cornwallis is mostly remembered for his surrender at Yorktown, He is well know in the USA for this. He was Governor of India for a while and he died of a fever shortly after being appointed, died at Gauspur in Ghazipur.Cornwallis signed the Traety of Amiens, it stated that hostilities  between the French and the British would end during the French Revolutionary Wars. It was signed in the city of Amiens on 25 March 1802, by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" . The Treaty only lasted ! year and it was the only period of peace in the French Revolutionary War