Geoffrey Cornewall

Sir Geoffrey Cornewall was a descendant of King John, and the family mansion at Moccas Court was believed to have been the Palace of local Kings in the fifth century. The son of Rev. Sir George Cornewall, Geoffrey became the 6th Baronet Cornewall of Moccas Court upon his father’s death in 1908.

Educated at Eton and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Cornewall became a barrister and was called to the Bar in 1894. He served on the Herefordshire County Council from 1898 until his retirement 51 years later. Cornewall was also a County magistrate, Justice of the Peace (JP), and Vice-Lieutenant of Herefordshire. He was a keen horticulturist and was, for many years, the president of the Hereford and West of England Rose Society.

Cornewall was a fine archer without having an outstanding career. He was a regular member of the Middlesex team that won the County Challenge Cup at the National Championships several times in the 1890s and early part of the 20th century. Individually he finished sixth at Malvern in 1897, when his brother William was one place behind, in seventh place.