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Sir Lord William Cunningham 1532–1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1532

Birth Location: Glenvairn, Dumfries-Shire, Skotland, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 18 Oct 1580

Death Location: Lochinver, Sutherland, Skottland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Earl"

Mother: Lady Glencairn

Spouse(s): Janet Gordon

Children(s): Agnes Cunningham

Sir Lord William Cunningham was born in 1532 in Glenvairn, Dumfries-Shire, Skotland, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Alexander Cunningham 5Th Earl Glencairn The Good Earl And Lady Janet Jean Laverne Hamilton Lady Of Arran Countess Of Glencairn. Sir Lord William Cunningham married Janet Gordon, and had children including Agnes Cunningham. Sir Lord William Cunningham passed away in 1580 in Lochinver, Sutherland, Skottland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • Sir Lord William Cunningham was born in 1532 in Glenvairn, Dumfries-Shire, Skotland, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Alexander Cunningham 5Th Earl Glencairn The Good Earl And Lady Janet Jean Laverne Hamilton Lady Of Arran Countess Of Glencairn.
  • Sir Lord William Cunningham married Janet Gordon, and had children including Agnes Cunningham.
  • Sir Lord William Cunningham passed away in 1580 in Lochinver, Sutherland, Skottland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Sir Cunningham's Ancestors

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Sir Cunningham
1532–1580
Birth Place: Glenvairn, Dumfries-Shire, Skotland, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Alexander Cunningham, 5th Earl Glencairn "The Good Earl"
1510–1574
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Janet "Jean" Laverne Hamilton, Lady of Arran, Countess of) Glencairn
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 (Lord Admiral James Hamilton III Knight, High Sheriff of) Lan
1475–1529
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Janet of Creich Beaton) (Bethune)
1486–1522
Creich Castle, Schotland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Sir Cunningham's Descendants

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Sir (Lord William) Cunningham (1532–18 Oct 1580) m. Janet Gordon (1528–13 Feb 1577)
  1. 1. Agnes Cunningham 1539–1597 m. Walter Leckie 1535–1605
    1. 1. Alexander Leckie 1567–1602 m. Euphemia Maxwell 1571–1620
      1. 1. Alexander (Irvine) Leckie 1599–1643 m. Grizel Murray 1607–1641
        1. 1. Euphamia Leckie 1624–1674

Sir Cunningham's Timeline

2 Records

1532
1532
Birth of Sir Lord William Cunningham in Glenvairn, Dumfries-Shire, Skotland, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glenvairn, Dumfries-Shire, Skotland, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1580
18 Oct 1580
Age 48
Death of Sir Lord William Cunningham in Lochinver, Sutherland, Skottland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lochinver, Sutherland, Skottland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1532
    Event Place: Glenvairn, Dumfries-Shire, Skotland, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Oct 1580
    Event Place: Lochinver, Sutherland, Skottland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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