Bonaparte? In Cornwall?

I came across the pictured monument in a village in Cornwall called Paul. Strange enough in it self but what caught my eye was the name Louis Lucien Bonaparte, who is cited on the monument as one of the two erectees.

The other being the Reverend John Garrett (but more of him and his submarine based antics in a later post).

The monument is erected in memory of Dolly Pentreath who is alleged to have been the last native speaker of the Cornish Language. The reason old Bonaparte has poked his tri-cornered hat in is because he was a famous linguist. Or as Wikipedia more eloquently puts it

"He is particularly noted for his scholarly work with regard to the Basque language his dialectical classification of which is still used today."

He was born in England by accident.

He was the nephew of the Bonaparte we have all heard of.

His Wikipedia entry is here