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Big Tim | Origins: Croppy Boy (23) | RE: Origins: Croppy Boy | 28 Jun 08 |
'Lord Cornwall' was actually Charles Cornwallis, First Marquis (1738-1805). He was Lord Lieutenant (top Briton) in Ireland in June 1798 (the time of the rebellion). He supervised the final suppression of the United Irishmen, tho loyalists dubbed him 'Lord Corneywallis' for, in their opinion, his leniency towards defeated rebels. |