Cornwallis Edward
Born, 1812. Member of the British House of Commons
for Eyre, 1749. Appointed governor of Nova Scotia, 1749. Sailed from
England with 2576 emigrants and on July 2, 1749, reached the harbour of
Chebucto, the site of the present city of Halifax. His administration
marked by energetic measures against the discontented Acadians. Returned
to England, 1752. Elected to the House of Commons for Westminster, 1753;
major-general, 1759; subsequently governor of Gibraltar. =Bib.=:
Campbell, History of Nova Scotia; Murdoch, History of Nova Scotia;
Selections from the Public Documents of Nova Scotia, ed. by Akins.