Earl of Glencairn

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The coat of arms of the Cunninghames, Earls of Glencairn as recorded in 1820 (Robertson)

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The title of Earl of Glencairn was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1488 and became dormant upon the death of the fourteenth earl in 1796. The earls bore the subsidiary title of Lord Kilmaurs (1469).

On the death of the fourteenth earl, there existing no original patent of creation nor a given remainder in the various confirmations in title of previous earls the title became dormant. Attempts were made to claim the title by the heir male but this was dismissed by the Committee for Privilages in 1797.

[edit] Lords Kilmaur (1469)

• Alexander Cunningham, Lord Kilmaur (1426-1488) created Earl of Glencairn in 1488.

[edit] Earls of Glencairn (1488)

The coat of arms of the Cunninghames, Earls of Glencairn in 1764 (Douglas).

• Alexander Cunningham, 1st Earl of Glencairn (1426-1488), his son Robert was not allowed to succeed
• Cuthbert Cunningham, 2nd Earl of Glencairn (1470-1541), confirmed in peerage 1503
• William Cunningham, 3rd Earl of Glencairn (d.1547)
• Alexander Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn (d.1574)
• William Cunningham, 5th Earl of Glencairn (1526-1580)
• James Cunningham, 6th Earl of Glencairn (1552-1630)
• William Cunningham, 7th Earl of Glencairn (1575-1631)
• William Cunningham, 8th Earl of Glencairn (1610-1664)
• Alexander Cunningham, 9th Earl of Glencairn (d.1670)
• John Cunningham, 10th Earl of Glencairn (d.1703)
• William Cunningham, 11th Earl of Glencairn (d.1734)
• William Cunningham, 12th Earl of Glencairn (d.1775)
• James Cunningham, 13th Earl of Glencairn (1749-1791)
• John Cunningham, 14th Earl of Glencairn (1750-1796)

[edit] References

• Douglas, Robert (1764). The Peerage of Scotland. Pub. R. Fleming.
• Robertson, George (1820). Topographical Description of Ayrshire; more Particularly of Cunninghame: together with a Genealogical account of the Principal families in that Bailiwick. Cunninghame Press. Irvine.