Folliott Cornewall

The Rt Revd Folliott Herbert Walker Cornewall
Bishop of Worcester
File:Folliott Herbert Walker Cornewall by William Owen.jpg Folliott Herbert Walker Cornewall by William Owen
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Worcester
Appointed	1808
Predecessor	Richard Hurd
Successor	Robert James Carr
Orders
Ordination	1777
Personal details
Born	1754
Died	5 September 1831
Nationality	English
Denomination	Church of England
Parents	Frederick Cornewall and Mary Cornewall (née Herbert)
Previous post	Bishop of Bristol Bishop of Hereford

Folliott Herbert Walker Cornewall (1754–1831) was an English bishop of three sees.

Life

He was the second surviving son of Frederick Cornewall of Delbury (1706–1788), captain in the royal navy, by Mary, daughter of Francis Herbert of Ludlow, first cousin of the first Earl of Powis. Charles Cornewall was his granduncle. His brother Frederick (d. 1783) was M.P. for Ludlow in 1780. He was educated for the church, in which, having studied at Eton College and graduated B.A. at St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1777, he took orders.

He proceeded M.A. in 1780, and the same year, through the interest of his second cousin, Charles Wolfran Cornwall, speaker of the House of Commons, he obtained the post of Speaker's Chaplain. He was preferred to a canonry at Windsor in 1784 and 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.

He died on 5 September 1831 at Hartlebury, and was buried in the family vault at Delbury, Shropshire. Cornewall married Anne, eldest daughter of George Hamilton, canon of Windsor, by whom he had issue two sons and one daughter. 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.'

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Church of England titles
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 Luxmore
Preceded by Richard Hurd	Bishop of Worcester 1808–1831	Succeeded by Robert James Carr