The Cunynghame Baronetcy, of Milncraig in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. Baronetage of England (1611-1705 King James I erected the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611 for the settlement of Ireland It was created on 3 February 1702 for the Scottish lawyer and politician David Cunynghame, with remainder to his "'heirs male in perpetuum'". Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 1702 ( MDCCII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sir David Cunyninghame of Milncraig 1st Baronet, (d January 28, 1708) was a distinguished Advocate, an eloquent Member of the pre-1707 Scottish Parliament He was the member of a family that claimed descent from the second son of Alexander Cunningham, 1st Earl of Glencairn. Alexander Cunningham 1st Earl of Glencairn 1st Lord Kilmaurs (1426 &ndash June 11, 1488) was a Scottish nobleman The second and fourth Baronets both represented Linlithgowshire in the British House of Commons while the third Baronet was a Lieutenant-General in the British Army. Linlithgowshire was a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1945 The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords Lieutenant General is a Military rank used in many countries The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. Another member of the family to gain distinction was Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame, fifth son of the fifth Baronet. He was a General in the British Army.
Cunynghame Baromets, of Milncraig (1702)
- Sir David Cunynghame, 1st Baronet (d. Year 1702 ( MDCCII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sir David Cunyninghame of Milncraig 1st Baronet, (d January 28, 1708) was a distinguished Advocate, an eloquent Member of the pre-1707 Scottish Parliament 1708)
- Sir James Cunynghame, 2nd Baronet (c. 1685-1747)
- Sir David Cunynghame, 3rd Baronet (1700-1767)
- Sir William Augustus Cunynghame, 4th Baronet (1747-1828)
- Sir David Cunynghame, 5th Baronet (1769-1854)
- Sir David Thurlow Cunynghame, 6th Baronet (1803-1869)
- Sir Edward Augustus Cunynghame, 7th Baronet (1839-1877)
- Sir Francis Thurlow Cunynghame, 8th Baronet (1808-1877)
- Sir Francis George Thurlow Cunynghame, 9th Baronet (1835-1900)
- Sir Percy Cunynghame, 10th Baronet (1867-1941)
- Sir (Henry) David St Leger Brooke Selwyn Cunynghame, 11th Baronet (1905-1978)
- Sir Andrew David Francis Cunynghame, 12th Baronet (b. 1942)
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References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). The title of Earl of Glencairn was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1488 for the first Lord Kilmaurs (created 1450 There have been six Cunningham baronetcies Cunningham Baronets of Cunninghamhead Ayr Created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia 4 July 1627 The baronetcy of Cuninghame of Corsehill was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and conferred upon Alexander Cuninghame of Corsehill a Scottish baron and landowner Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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