Peter Cunningham (1816–1869) was a British writer born in London, son of the Scottish author Allan Cunningham and his wife Jean (née Walker, 1791–1866). Cunningham published several

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and biographical studies, of which the most important are his ''Handbook of London'' (1849) and ''The Life of Drummond of Hawthornden'' (1833). He edited ''Extracts from the Accounts of the Revels at Court in the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I'' (1842) and

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's Letters (1857). In 1851 he appeared in an amateur production of a play '' Not So Bad As We Seem'' by

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along with

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and others.

Family

Cunningham married Zenobia Martin (1816–1901).Zenobia Martin was the daughter of the artist John Martin. Zenobia's brother was Jonathan Martin who set fire to

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in 1829, and she was sister of Jessie Martin (1825–1859) who married the Egyptologist Joseph Bonomi. They had three children Edith, Norah, and Walter Cunningham (1850–1936).

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cunningham, Peter 19th-century British writers 1816 births 1869 deaths Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London English male non-fiction writers 19th-century English male writers