Sir Alexander Cuninghame, 2nd Baronet ( – 1730) was a Scottish landowner and aristocrat.

Early life

Cuninghame was born at Corsehill Castle in

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. He was the only son of

Sir Alexander Cuninghame, 1st Baronet Sir Alexander Cuninghame, 1st Baronet ( – March 1685) was a Scottish landowner and aristocrat. Early life Cuninghame was born in . He was the only son of Alexander Cuninghame (1625–) and Anne Crawfurd (1628–1649). His sister, Margaret Cunin ...

and Mary Stewart (sister of Sir Archibald Stewart, 1st Baronet, of Blackhall). His paternal grandparents were Alexander Cuninghame and Anne ( Crawfurd) Cuninghame (sister to

Sir John Crawfurd, 1st Baronet Sir John Crawfurd, 1st Baronet, of Kilbirnie ( – 1662) was a Scottish landowner and politician. Early life Crawfurd, a member of Clan Crawford, was the eldest son, and heir, of John Crawfurd of Kilbirnie (1606–1629) and Lady Mary Cunningham. ...

, MP for

). Through his paternal line, he was a descendant of the 4th Earl of Glencairn through the Earl's second son, Hon. Andrew Cunningham. His maternal grandparents were John Stewart (the son of Sir Archibald Stewart of Blackhall) and Mary Stirling (the daughter of Sir James Stirling and sister to Sir George Stirling, 6th Laird of Keir, Dunblane, Perthshire, and 3rd Laird of Cawder, Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire). Among his maternal family were uncles, James Stewart of Lumlock and Sir Archibald Stewart, 1st Baronet, of Blackhall (who married his father's first cousin, Ann Crawfurd).

Career

Upon the death of his father on 25 March 1685, he succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Cuninghame of Corsehill in the

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. As he was only a minor when his father died, and "was, ill-advisedly, served heir general to his father, 25 March 1685, and heir special in the Barony of Robertland. By this service not only his estate but what of his wife was given up to his father's creditors, and he had to subsist 'by the effects of his industry.'" His father had been ruined by guaranteeing the credit of his spendthrift cousin, Sir David Cuninghame, 4th Baronet of Robertland. Paterson, James (1863–66). ''History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton Vol. V, Part II. Cunningham'' Edinburgh: J. Stillie, p. 590.

Personal life

In 1686 Cuninghame was married to Margaret Boyle, a daughter of John Boyle of Kelburn, MP for

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, and Marion Steuart (the daughter of Sir Walter Steuart of Allanton). She was sister to

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. Together, they were the parents of: *

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(–1770), who married Penelope Montgomery, daughter of Margaret Montgomery (a daughter of Alexander Montgomery of Kirktonholm,

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) and Alexander Montgomery of Assloss,

; she was the niece and heiress of Sir Walter Montgomery, Baronet, of Kirktonholm (descended from the Montgomeries of Skelmorly). * Jean Boyle Cuninghame (1697–1763), who married William Newall, a son of Adam Newall and Elizabeth Chalmers.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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, 2003, vol. 1, p. 995. Sir Alexander died in 1730 and was succeeded by his son,

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Descendants

Through his son David, he was a grandfather of three boys and one girl, the eldest of whom, Alexander, married Elizabeth Montgomery, and was father of the

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and 6th Baronets.

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References

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Clan Cunningham Nobility from South Ayrshire