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Sir James, 7th Earl of Glencairn, Scottish Peer & Member of the Privy Council Cunyngham Cunningham 1550–1630 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland

Death Date: 4 Nov 1630

Death Location: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Father: Patrick Wigtown

Mother: Janet Glengairn

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In 1550, Sir James, 7th Earl of Glencairn, Scottish Peer & Member of the Privy Council Cunyngham Cunningham entered the world in Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland, born to Patrick Agnew Of Lachnaw Sheriff Of Wigtown And Janet Glengairn Gordon Countess Glengairn. Sir James, 7th Earl of Glencairn, Scottish Peer & Member of the Privy Council Cunyngham Cunningham passed away in 1630 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

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  • In 1550, Sir James, 7th Earl of Glencairn, Scottish Peer & Member of the Privy Council Cunyngham Cunningham entered the world in Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland, born to Patrick Agnew Of Lachnaw Sheriff Of Wigtown And Janet Glengairn Gordon Countess Glengairn.
  • Sir James, 7th Earl of Glencairn, Scottish Peer & Member of the Privy Council Cunyngham Cunningham passed away in 1630 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

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Sir Cunningham's Ancestors

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Sir Cunningham
1550–1630
Birth Place: Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland
Parents
Patrick Agnew of Lachnaw Sheriff of Wigtown
1529–1591
Lochnaw Castle, Leswalt, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Janet (Glengairn Gordon Countess) Glengairn
1530–1596
Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Andrew (Agnew of Lochnaw 5th Sheriff of) Galloway
1500–1547
Lochnaw Castle, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Agnes Stewart
1513–1630
Leswalt, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Sir (James GORDON of) Lochnaw
1510–
Lochnaw Castle, Wigtownshire, Scotland.
Janet SETON
1515–
Midmar & Abergeldie, Aberdeem, Scotland
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Sir Cunningham's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of Sir James, 7th Earl of Glencairn, Scottish Peer & Member of the Privy Council Cunyngham Cunningham in Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland
Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland
1630
4 Nov 1630
Age 80
Death of Sir James, 7th Earl of Glencairn, Scottish Peer & Member of the Privy Council Cunyngham Cunningham in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Nov 1630
    Event Place: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

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