Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The couple had two sons, Lieutenant-Colonel Allan J. C. Cunningham (1842–1928) of the Bengal and Royal Engineers, and Sir Alexander F. D. Cunningham (1852–1935) of the Indian Civil Service. [1] Cunningham died on 28 November 1893, at his home in South Kensington and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery , London.
Alexander Cunningham was the son of William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn by his first wife, Catherine Borthwick, the second daughter of William Borthwick, 3rd Lord Borthwick. He followed in his father's footsteps as a Protestant and was among the first of the Scots' nobility who concurred with the Scottish Reformation.
In 1458 Alexander acted as Bailie of Cunningham in 1458. Alexander was subsequently accused of having dealings with the traitor Earl of Douglas, and on 13 January 1464, he complained to the King in Parliament that there was a rumor that he had assisted James of Douglas, notwithstanding a letter of 8 February 1463, from King James III declaring ...
The coat of arms of the Cuninghames, Earls of Glencairn as recorded in 1820 (Robertson) Alexander Cunningham, 1st Earl of Glencairn (1426–1488); Robert Cunningham, 2nd Earl of Glencairn, According to the Scottish Code of Heraldry, the titile, Earl of Glencairn passed from father, Alexander to his son Robert, upon his death, 11 June 1488, establishing Robert Cuninghame, the 2nd Earl of Glencairn.
Alexander Cunningham (1655–1737) was a Scottish diplomat and historian. Life. The current scholarly view is that little can be said certainly about his early ...
ASI was founded in 1861 by Alexander Cunningham who also became its first Director-General. The first systematic research into the subcontinent's history was conducted by the Asiatic Society, which was founded by the British Indologist Sir William Jones on 15 January 1784.
Alexander Cunningham inherited and married Marion Porterfield of Duchal. [3] Alexander's son, also Alexander, held the lands of Lambruchton and Thirdpart in 1622 [3] and died in 1667, being succeeded by his grandson, another Alexander Cunningham, who was given the dignity of a baronet in 1672. [3]
Alexander Cunningham [1] (born 1 May 1955) [2] is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton North from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party , he was Shadow Minister for Courts and Sentencing from 2020 to 2024.