Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cornish, Hubert (1)

3056574Dictionary of Indian Biography — Cornish, Hubert (1)Charles Edward Buckland

CORNISH, HUBERT (1757–1823)

Son of James Cornish of Teignmouth : born 1757 : was Private Secretary (1793–8) to his brother-in-law. Sir John Shore (Lord Teignmouth), during the whole term of his Governor-Generalship (a younger brother, George Cornish, being at the same time A.D.C.) : they both returned to England with Sir J. Shore in 1798 : Hubert settled at Exeter : a lawyer by profession and an accomplished artist and musician : died 1823.