CUNNINGHAM, Henry (c.1678-1736), of Boquhan, Gorgunnock, Stirling.

Family and Education

b. c. 1678, o. s. of William Cunningham of Boquhan by his 1st w. Margaret, da. of David Erskine, 2nd Ld. Cardross [S], half-sis. of John Erskine*. m. by 1708, Jean (d. bef. 1736), da. of John Lennox of Woodhead, Campsie, Stirling, s.p. suc. mother 1715, fa. 1722. F. Cundall, Govs. Jamaica 18th Cent. 166–70; SRO Indexes, iii. 213, 502; Services of Heirs (ser. 1), i. 1710–19, p. 7.

Offices Held

Commr. justiciary for Highlands [S] 1701, 1702; muster master gen. [S] 1714–16, 1727– Apr. 1734; commr. forfeited estates June 1716–1724, forfeited estates [S] 1724–5; gov. Jamaica Apr. 1734–d. CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 338; 1702–3, p. 353; SRO, Ogilvy of Inverquharity mss GD205/31/1/17, Roxburghe to William Bennet*, 12 Oct. 1714; HMC Laing, ii. 185–6; Cal. Treas. Bks. and Pprs. 1731–4, p. 549; Boyer, Pol. State, xlvii. 420.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1713, Glasgow 1722; provost, Inverkeithing 1720–d. Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 49; lvi. 363; W. Stephen, Hist. Inverkeithing and Rosyth, 212.

Parlimentarian

CUNNINGHAM, Henry (c.1677-1736), of Boquhan, Stirling.

Main residence: Boquhan, Gorgunnock, Stirling.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

CUNNINGHAM, Henry (c.1678-1736)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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