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His service in the military let Edward participate in many great battles and to receive recognitions for his efforts. The British ministries decided that Edward would travel to Nova Scotia to found a colony of “protestants” with a large number of settlers to Chibouctou Harbour in 1749, and shortly thereafter, the city of Halifax was founded2. Edward would return to England in 1752 to resume his career as a military officer and politician. In 1762 he was appointed as Governor Of Gibraltar and four years later, at the age of 63, Edward Cornwallis died1. REFERENCES 1 - Landy, Peter (1999): http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Cornwallis.htm 2 - Centre Acadien (1996): http://collections.ic.gc.ca/acadian/english/eexile/respon/cornwall/cornwall.htm |