Folliott (or Folliot) Herbert Cornewall was baptised in
Ludlow on 9 May 1754, 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. 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. Cornewall was ordained as a
deacon on 14 December 1777, and as a priest on 20 December 1778, by
John Hinchliffe,
Bishop of Peterborough. 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. 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 ==