Robert Cornewall (1647–1705) of Berrington Hall, Herefordshire, was an English soldier and courtier.
He was born in 1647, the eldest son of Humphrey Cornewall and Theophila Skynner, and was baptised at Eye, Herefordshire, on 17 June 1647.
[1] He joined the army, becoming an Ensign in Lord Worcester's regiment on 13 June 1667, and a Captain in Sir John Talbot's Dragoons on 22 February 1678.
[2] Identified as a Jacobite after the Glorious Revolution, he lost his commission and his court appointments.
An attempt to return to public life on the accession of Queen Anne was unsuccessful.