Cornwallis in India each governed by a separate presidency, the Bengal region, including Calcutta, had come under the direct rule of the British East India Company in 1757, with authority to levy taxes, and its presidency dominated the others. Its civil head, the Governor-General of Fort William, ranked ahead of those of Madras and Bombay. Cornwallis quickly established himself as a transformational leader. British colonial administration was dominated in the 1760s and 1770s by Warren Hastings, the first man to hold the title of Governor-General. The military arm of the East India Company was directed during the Seven Years' War and the Second
Governor Cornwallis (ferry) be burned. On January 12, 1945, the provincial fire marshal concluded that the fire was caused by poor installation of the heating furnace's smoke pipe. "Governor Cornwallis" has since slid off the beach and into its final resting place in the deep waters off Georges Island. Governor Cornwallis (ferry) Governor Cornwallis was a ferry that operated on the Halifax–Dartmouth Ferry Service between the Nova Scotia cities of Halifax and Dartmouth between 1942 and 1944 before sinking in a spectacular fire. Named after Edward Cornwallis, the founder of Halifax, the ferry was built because of the heavy wartime traffic on the