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

Alexander Cunningham, 1st Earl of Glencairn Alexander Cuninghame, 1st Earl of Glencairn, 1st Lord Kilmaurs (1426 – 11 June 1488) was a Scottish nobleman. He became Lord of Kilmaurs on 8 February 1464 and Earl of Glencairn on 28 May 1488 Alexander of Kilmaurs succeeded his father befor ...

. 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 Cunyng ...

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

Cunynghame baronets, of Milncraig (1702)

* Sir David Cunynghame, 1st Baronet (Limeburners Bay 1708) *

Sir James Cunynghame, 2nd Baronet Sir James Cunynghame, 2nd Baronet (c. 1685 – 1747) of Milncraig, Ayr and Livingstone, Linlithgow, was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1722. Cunynghame was the eldest son of Sir David Cunynghame, 1st Baron ...

(–1747) *

Sir David Cunynghame, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(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 ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1839–1877) *

Sir Francis Thurlow Cunynghame, 8th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1808–1877) *

Sir Francis George Thurlow Cunynghame, 9th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1835–1900) *

Sir Percy Cunynghame, 10th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1867–1941) *

Sir (Henry) David St Leger Brooke Selwyn Cunynghame, 11th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1905–1978), a film producer who married the actress

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Sir Andrew David Francis Cunynghame, 12th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(born 1942)

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

George Edward Cokayne George Edward Cokayne, (29 April 1825 – 6 August 1911), was an English genealogist and long-serving herald at the College of Arms in London, who eventually rose to the rank of Clarenceux King of Arms. He wrote such authoritative and standar ...

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

Cunynghame baronets, of Milncraig (1702)

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