Baron Cornwallis

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Baron Cornwallis is a British peerage title. It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1661 for Sir Frederick Cornwallis, who had previously been created an English baronet in 1627. The fifth Baron was created the Earl Cornwallis and Viscount Brome in 1753; in 1792 the second Earl was created the Marquess Cornwallis. At the death of the second Marquess, the marquessate became extinct; at the death of the fifth Earl, the earldom, viscountcy, barony, and baronetcy became extinct.

The next creation was in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1927 when the Conservative politician Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis was created Baron Cornwallis, of Linton in the County of Kent. He had previously represented Maidstone in Parliament and served as Chairman of the Kent County Council from 1910 to 1930. His second son, the second Baron, also served as Chairman of the Kent County Council and was Lord Lieutenant of Kent. The present holder of the title is his son, the third Baron.

For notable members of the Cornwallis family who did not hold the barony, see Cornwallis (disambiguation).