Richard Cunningham (English Army officer)

Richard Cunningham
Died 1696
Allegiance  Kingdom of England
Service/branch  English Army
Rank Brigadier-General
Unit Queen's Own Regiment of Dragoons
Battles/wars Nine Years' War

Brigadier-General Richard Cunningham (died 1696) was an English Army officer.

Military career

Cunningham became major of the Earl of Selkirk's regiment of horse in December 1688.[1] He went on to be colonel of a foot regiment formed from the standing forces in Scotland in 1689[2] and colonel of the Queen's Own Regiment of Dragoons in December 1690.[1] Promoted to brigadier-general on 1 June 1696, he commanded a cavalry brigade in Holland during the Nine Years' War.[1] He left £2,500 when he died in 1696.[3]

In 1695 he married Grisel, daughter of Archibald Primrose, Lord Carrington.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Publications of the Scottish History Society (Volume 32)". Scottish History Society. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Dalton, Charles (1896). "English army lists and commission registers, 1661-1714". Eyre & Spottiswoode. p. 97.
  3. ↑ Childs, John (1987). The British Army of William III, 1689-1702. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0719019876.
  4. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Edinburgh: D. Douglas.
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