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Sir Thomas Andrew Alexander Montgomery-Cuninghame of Corsehill, 10th Baronet (1877–1945) was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and served in the Second Boer War with The Rifle Brigade with distinction, for which he received the Distinguished Service Order. He rose to the rank of Colonel and was the British ...
Historically, the chief of Clan Cunningham held the title of Earl of Glencairn. However, in modern times the chief of the clan is Cunningham of Corsehill. On 18 December 2013, Sir John Christopher Foggo Montgomery Cunninghame, Baronet of Corsehill, was recognized by Lord Lyon as Clan Chief after the chiefship had been vacant for over 200 years.
Andrew Cunningham, second son of William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn, was the first of the House of Corsehill in 1532. [1] In 1532 his father had granted to him the lands of Doura, Potterton , Little Robertland, and the two Corsehills.
Montgomery-Cuninghame became the 9th Baronet of Corsehill on the death of his father on 30 August 1870. [22] [23] He died on 11 November 1897, aged 63 at Gunton Old Hall, Lowestoft, Suffolk after a period of ill health. [16] He is buried in Kirkmichael Churchyard, Ayr with his wife, where a window commemorates him.
William Cunningham was twice married, firstly to Catherine Borthwick, second daughter of William Borthwick, 3rd Lord Borthwick, and had issue with her: [4] Alexander Cunningham, 5th Earl of Glencairn, the zealous Protestant reformer. Hon. Andrew Cunningham, ancestor of the Cunninghams of Corsehill, later baronets.
Montgomery-Cuninghame was born on 30 March 1877 in London, the 6th child and eldest son of Elizabeth Hartopp, daughter and youngest child of Edward Bourchier Hartopp.His father was Sir William Montgomery-Cuninghame, 9th Baronet V.C. [1]
Jean Cunningham, who married David Cunningham of Robertland, who was involved in the murder of the Earl of Eglinton, subsequently joined the household of Anne of Denmark, and worked as an architect to the crown. A daughter who married John Cunningham of Corsehill; Marion Cunningham (died 1623), who married John Lockhart of Bar in Galston parish ...
The December 1709 court of the Lands and Barony of Corsehill includes the lands of Dowray after a break of forty years and the requirement to pay rents to David Boyle, Earl of Glasgow. [5] In June 1710 the tenants of Douray are warned by the court not to shoot hares, doves, and partridges, burn the moors, poach salmon and trout out of season.