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'Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis' (28 December 1655 – 29 April 1698) was a British politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty. He succeeded his father as Baron Cornwallis in 1673. That same year on December 27 on Westminster Abbey he married Elizabeth Fox (circa 1655 – February 28, 1681 in Tunbridge Wells), daughter of Sir Stephen Fox and his first wife Elizabeth Whittle; their son Charles later succeeded as 4th Baron Cornwallis. After his first wife's death, Lord Cornwallis married Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, widow of the Duke of Monmouth.