Family and Education
b. c. 1728, 1st s. of Col. David Cuninghame, and bro. of James Cuninghame. educ. Edinburgh Univ. m. 29 May 1754, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Col. John Murray, s.p. cr. Baron Rossmore [I] 19 Oct. 1796.
Offices Held
Ensign 20 Ft. 1746; capt. 35 Ft. 1752 – 56, lt.-col. 1757, col. 1762; col. 58 Ft. 1767 – 75; gov. Kinsale Fort 1770 – d.; maj.-gen. 1772; col. 14 Ft. 1775 – 87; lt.-gen. 1777; col. 5 Drag. 1787 – 99; gen. 1793; c.-in-c. [I] 1793–6.
M.P. [I] 1751 – 96; P.C. [I] 7 June 1782.
Main residence: Mount Kennedy, co. Wicklow.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
CUNINGHAME, Robert (c.1728-1801)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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