From a review in The Times by Gerard DeGroot of a book about Lord Corwallis:
"Cornwallis is an exemplar of a type common in British history. He was an Old Etonian educated beyond his intelligence and promoted beyond his competence. We are familiar with that type today, but Cornwallis, at least, possessed a firm sense of what was morally right. He hated parties."
Very well said!
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