CUMMING, Sir Alexander, 1st Bt. (c.1670-1725), of Culter, Peterculter, Aberdeen.

Family and Education

b. c. 1670, 1st s. of Alexander Cumming of Culter by Helen, da. of James Allardice of Allardice, Kincardine. educ. adv. 1691; Leyden 30 Dec. 1695, aged 25. m. c.1690, Elizabeth (d. 1709), da. of Sir Alexander Swinton, Lord Mersington SCJ, 1s. 2da.; (2) 10 Sept. 1710, Elizabeth (d. bef. 1739), da. and coh. of William Dennis (d. 1701) of Pucklechurch, Glos., 1s. 5da. cr. Bt. 28 Feb. 1695. suc. fa. c.1715. H. B. Tomkins, Table Showing Fams. Descended from Sir Alexander Cumming (1877); Album Studiosorum Academiae Lugduno Batavae ed. Du Rieu, col. 739; Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 628.

Offices Held

Commr. justiciary for Highlands [S] 1701, 1702; capt. of ft. Earl of Mar’s regt. 1702–4; conservator, Scottish staple at Campvere 1707–11. CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 339; 1702–3, p. 355; J. Davidson and A. Gray, Scottish Staple at Campvere, 246–8; HMC Lords, n.s. ix. 91.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1704, Arbroath 1708, Old Aberdeen 1710, Anstruther Easter 1720. Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 48; Recs. Old Aberdeen (New Spalding Club), i. 280; Aberdeen Univ. Lib. Duff House (Montcoffer) mss 3175/2378, 2375, burgess tickets.

Parlimentarian

CUMMING, Sir Alexander, 1st Bt. (c.1670-1725), of Culter, Aberdeen.

Main residence: Culter, Peterculter, Aberdeen.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

CUMMING, Sir Alexander, 1st Bt. (c.1670-1725)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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