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The Right Reverend

Folliott Cornewall
The Right Reverend; Folliott Cornewall
Bishop of Worcester
	Cornewall by William Owen
Church	Church of England
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Worcester
Appointed	1808
Predecessor	Richard Hurd
Successor	Robert James Carr
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Bristol; Bishop of Hereford;
Orders
Ordination	14 December 1777; by John Hinchliffe
Personal details
Born	Folliott Herbert Cornewall; Ludlow, Shropshire
Baptised	9 May 1754
Died	5 September 1831 (aged 77); Hartlebury, Worcestershire
Nationality	English
Denomination	Church of England
Parents	Frederick Cornewall and Mary Herbert
Alma mater	St. John's College, Cambridge

Folliott Herbert Walker Cornewall (bapt. 9 May 1754 – 5 September 1831) was an English bishop of three sees.

Life

Folliott (or Folliot) Herbert Cornewall was baptised in Ludlow on 9 May 1754,^[2] the second surviving son of Captain Frederick Cornewall and Mary, daughter of Francis Herbert of Ludlow, first cousin of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis.^[3] He was educated at Eton College before going to St. John's College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1776, was awarded a B.A. and an M.A. in 1780. He was a Fellow from 1777 to 1784.^[4]

Cornewall was ordained as a deacon on 14 December 1777, and as a priest on 20 December 1778, by John Hinchliffe, Bishop of Peterborough.^[1] In 1780, through the interest of his second cousin, Charles Wolfran Cornwall, Speaker of the House of Commons, he obtained the post of Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons.^[3] He became rector of Frilsham in 1781, and vicar of East Rudham in 1786.^[1] He was also preferred to a canonry at Windsor in 1784.^[3]

Cornewall inherited the estates of his older brother, Frederick, on his death in 1783, and also those of a relative: Francis Walker of Ferney Hall. To obtain the latter inheritance, Cornewall added the name "Walker" to his own.^[2]^[5] He was appointed master of Wigston's Hospital, Leicester, in 1790, dean of Canterbury in 1792, bishop of Bristol in 1797. He exchanged this see to become bishop of Hereford in 1803, and in 1808 he was translated to be bishop of Worcester.^[3]

In 1817 he served as treasurer of the Salop Infirmary in Shrewsbury.^[6]

He published A Sermon preached before the House of Commons on 30 Jan. 1782, and also A Fast Sermon preached before the House of Lords in 1798.

Marriage and family

Cornewall married Anne Hamilton (d. 15 December 1795) on 19 June 1787, at Taplow, Buckinghamshire. She was the eldest daughter of Hon. George Hamilton, canon of Windsor, youngest son of James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn.^[2] The couple had three children:^[5]

Frederick Hamilton Cornewall (15 October 1791 – 30 December 1845), MP for Bishop's Castle
Marianne Cornewall (1793–1865), died unmarried
Herbert Cornewall (21 July 1794 – 1863), married Charlotte, daughter of Lord Charles Somerset

Folliot Cornewall died at Hartlebury on 5 September 1831 aged 77, and was buried in the family vault at Diddlebury, Shropshire.

According to the Gentleman's Magazine, he "was possessed of fair scholarship, strong good sense, polished manners, and an amiable temper: and had passed a virtuous and exemplary life."^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cornewall, Folliott Herbert Walker (1777–1831)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. CCEd Person ID 91888.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rigg, J. M.; Robinson, Andrew. "Cornewall, Folliot Herbert Walker". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6328. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rigg, James McMullen (1887). "Cornewall, Folliott Herbert Walker" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ "Cornewall, Folliott Herbert [Walker] (CNWL772FH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ ^a ^b Foljambe, Cecil George; Reade, Compton (1908). The House of Cornewall. Hereford: Jakeman and Carver. pp. 135–138.
^ Keeling-Roberts, Margaret (1981). In Retrospect: A Short History of The Royal Salop Infirmary. North Shropshire Printing Company. p. xi. ISBN 09507849-0-7.
^ "Obituary: The Bishop of Worcester". Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. 101/2. October 1831. p. 370.

Church of England titles
Preceded by William Welfitt	Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons 1780–1784	Succeeded by Philip Williams
Preceded by William Buller	Dean of Canterbury 1792–1797	Succeeded by Thomas Powys
Preceded by Henry Reginald Courtenay	Bishop of Bristol 1797–1802	Succeeded by George Pelham
Preceded by John Butler	Bishop of Hereford 1802–1808	Succeeded by John Luxmoore
Preceded by Richard Hurd	Bishop of Worcester 1808–1831	Succeeded by Robert James Carr