The Cunynghame Baronetcy, of Milncraig in the County of Ayr, is a title in the

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. It was created on 3 February 1702 for the Scottish lawyer and politician David Cunynghame, with remainder to his "heirs male in perpetuum". He was the member of a family that claimed descent from the second son of

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. The second and fourth Baronets both represented

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in the

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while the third Baronet was a

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in the

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. Another member of the family to gain distinction was Sir

Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame General Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame (3 August 1812 – 10 March 1884) was a British Army commander and memoirist. Cunynghame was colonel-commandant of the King's Royal Rifle Corps and of the 36th Regiment of Foot. Early life Cunyn ...

, fifth son of the fifth Baronet. He was a General in the British Army.

Cunynghame baronets, of Milncraig (1702)

Sir David Cunynghame, 1st Baronet Sir David Cunyninghame of Milncraig, 1st Baronet (died 28 January 1708) was a Scottish landowner, lawyer and politician. He was a distinguished advocate, an eloquent commissioner to Parliament, and the friend and coadjutor of Andrew Fletcher ...

(Limeburners Bay 1708) * Sir James Cunynghame, 2nd Baronet (–1747) * Sir David Cunynghame, 3rd Baronet (1700–1767) * Sir William Augustus Cunynghame, 4th Baronet (1747–1828) *

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(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 Sir Percy Francis Cunynghame, 10th Baronet of Milancraig OBE (21 February 1867 – 7 January 1941) was a Scottish colonial administrator who served as Resident, Sarawak on the staff of Sir Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak. Early life Cunynghame ...

(1867–1941) * Sir (Henry) David St Leger Brooke Selwyn Cunynghame, 11th Baronet (1905–1978), a film producer who married the actress

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* Sir Andrew David Francis Cunynghame, 12th Baronet (born 1942) The heir presumptive is the present holder's younger brother John Phillip Henry Michael Selwyn Cunynghame (born 1944). His heir apparent is his son Alexander David Martti Cunynghame (born 1985).

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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 *

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, ''The Complete Baronetage''
volume IV
(1904) pp. 401–403 Cunynghame 1702 establishments in Nova Scotia

Cunynghame baronets, of Milncraig (1702)

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