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. m. by 1690, Elizabeth (d. Apr. 1709), da. of Sir Alexander Swinton, Lord Mersington, S.C.J., 1s. 2da.; (2) c.12 Sept. 1710, Elizabeth (‘worth about £16,000’)Luttrell, vi. 628. , da. and coh. of William Dennis of Pucklechurch, Glos., 1s. 5da. cr. Bt. 28 Feb. 1695. suc. fa. 1715.
Offices Held
Commr. of justiciary for the Highlands 1701, 1703; conservator of Scottish privileges in the Low Countries 1705–11.
Main residence: Culter, Aberdeen.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
CUMMING, Sir Alexander, 1st Bt. (c.1670-1725)
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Oxford 1644
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