William Corbet Yale

His family seats were at Plas-yn-Yale, Madryn Castle and Widcombe Manor House in the city of Bath, England.

[11][12][13] Lord Lt. Cornwallis was also the father-in-law of Prince Hans Heinrich XV von Hochberg of Książ Castle, of Lady Randolph Churchill of Blenheim Palace, mother of Winston Churchill, and of Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster of Eaton Hall, who was among the wealthiest individuals in the world at the time.

[15] He attended the session of Merionethshire in North Wales for the election of the county treasurer and new magistrates, chaired by George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry.

[4][22] He was also one of the shareholders of the Welsh National Newspaper Company, along with UK Prime Minister David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, and others.

[23][24][25] William Corbet Yale died on February 6, 1909, aged 83 years old, in Rhyl, Wales, and left 3 manors and an estate of about 80,000 pounds, or about 100 million dollars in 2024 money in relation to GDP.

[26][27][10][28] Madryn Castle was sold at auction after his death, along with its art collection, which included paintings by Anthony Van Dyck, John Hoppner, Hans Holbein and Thomas Gainsborough, with some acquired by the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle.

[34] Another son, Thomas Parry Osborne Yale, went to Marlborough College, and became a magistrate for Denbighshire, Merionethshire and Caernarfonshire.