- CHESNEY, C. CORNWALLIS
- professor of Military History, nephew of the succeeding, author of "Waterloo Lectures" (1826-1876).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
CHESNEY, C. CORNWALLIS
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