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Robert Cuninghame\Cunningham of Hunter 1540 – 1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1580

Death Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Kilmaurs

Mother: Lady Hamilton

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Children(s):

The story of Robert Cuninghame\Cunningham of Hunter began in 1540 in Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. Robert Cuninghame\Cunningham of Hunter passed away in 1580 in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Cuninghame\Cunningham of Hunter began in 1540 in Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • Robert Cuninghame\Cunningham of Hunter passed away in 1580 in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Robert Hunter's Ancestors

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Robert Hunter
1540 – 1580
Birth Place: Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir William Alexander "The Good Earl" Cunningham (Cuninghame), 4th Earl of Glencairn & Kilmaurs
1510 – 1579
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Janet (Jean)) Hamilton
1517 – 1579
Holmstone, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Knight William Cunningham, 4th Lord of Glencairn, 5th Earl of) Kilmaurs
1480 – 1548
Renfrewshire, Scotland
Lady (Catherine Borthwick, Countess of) Glencairn
1483 – 1527
Borthwick Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland
Sir (Earl James II Hamilton-van) Arran,
1500 – 1529
Buchen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Baroness (Isabella Weir) Hamilton
1500 – 1544
Blackwood, South Lanarkshire, Scotland -- or -- Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Hamilton
1500 – 1529
Lady Beaton
1500 – 1529
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Hamilton
1468 – 1541
Jean Hamilton
1474 – 1531

Robert Hunter's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Robert Cuninghame\Cunningham of Hunter in Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
1580
1580
Age 40
Death of Robert Cuninghame\Cunningham of Hunter in Ayrshire, Scotland
Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Ayrshire, Scotland

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