George Cornewall

Sir George Cornewall, 2nd Baronet (8 November 1748 – 26 August 1819)[2] of Moccas Court, Herefordshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1807.

[3] In 1766 he succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet and inherited his interest in the banking firm of Amyand, Staples and Mercer.

[3] Amyand was educated at Eton College then at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated Master of Arts in 1769.

[4] In 1771 he assumed by royal licence the surname and arms of Cornewall in lieu of his patronymic,[5] in accordance with the bequest from his father-in-law, an inheritance which included Moccas Park in Herefordshire.

[2] Cornewall was owner of a plantation in Grenada, West Indies, and in 1775–81 rebuilt Moccas Court, the family's inherited residence in Herefordshire.

Arms of Cornewall: Argent, a lion rampant gules ducally crowned or a bordure engrailed sable bezantee , being the arms of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1209–1272) with difference a bordure engrailed [ 1 ]
Moccas Court