Fairlie-Cuninghame Baronets
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The Cuninghame, later Fairlie-Cuninghame Baronetcy, of Robertland in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 25 November 1630 for David Cuninghame, Master of the Works to James VI
, with remainder to heirs male whatsoever. Cuninghame was a descendant of the Hon. William Cuninghame, 1st of Craigends, second son of Alexander Cunningham, 1st Earl of Glencairn
(see the Earl of Glencairn
). On the death of his nephew, the fourth Baronet, in circa 1708, the title became dormant. It was successfully claimed in 1778 by William Cuninghame, great-great-grandson of Sir David Cuninghame, grandfather of the first Baronet. The fifth Baronet married Margaret, daughter of William Fairlie, to whose estates he succeeded. The sixth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Fairlie. The thirteenth Baronet assumed by deed poll
the surname of Fairlie-Cuninghame in 1912, in lieu of his patronymic, Cuninghame.
James I of England
James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...
, with remainder to heirs male whatsoever. Cuninghame was a descendant of the Hon. William Cuninghame, 1st of Craigends, second son of Alexander Cunningham, 1st Earl of Glencairn
Alexander Cunningham, 1st Earl of Glencairn
Alexander Cunningham, 1st Earl of Glencairn, 1st Lord Kilmaurs was a Scottish nobleman.He was firstly created a Lord of Parliament in 1450, with the title Lord Kilmaurs....
(see the Earl of Glencairn
Earl of Glencairn
The title of Earl of Glencairn was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1488 for the first Lord Kilmaurs .On the death of the fifteenth earl in 1796, there existing no original Letters Patent of the creation nor a given remainder in the various confirmations in title of previous earls the title...
). On the death of his nephew, the fourth Baronet, in circa 1708, the title became dormant. It was successfully claimed in 1778 by William Cuninghame, great-great-grandson of Sir David Cuninghame, grandfather of the first Baronet. The fifth Baronet married Margaret, daughter of William Fairlie, to whose estates he succeeded. The sixth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Fairlie. The thirteenth Baronet assumed by deed poll
Deed poll
A deed poll is a legal document binding only to a single person or several persons acting jointly to express an active intention...
the surname of Fairlie-Cuninghame in 1912, in lieu of his patronymic, Cuninghame.
Cuninghame, later Fairlie-Cuninghame Baronets, of Robertland (1630)
- Sir David Cuninghame, 1st Baronet (d. c. 1665)
- Sir David Cuninghame, 2nd Baronet (d. c. 1671)
- Sir Alexander Cuninghame, 3rd Baronet (c. 1690)
- Sir David Cuninghame, 4th Baronet (d. c. 1708) (dormant)
- Sir William Cuninghame, 5th Baronet (d. 1781) (restored 1778)
- Sir William Cuninghame-Fairlie, 6th Baronet (d. 1811)
- Sir William Cuninghame-Fairlie, 7th Baronet (d. 1837)
- Sir John Cuninghame-Fairlie, 8th Baronet (1779–1852)
- Sir Charles Cuninghame-Fairlie, 9th Baronet (1780–1859)
- Sir Arthur Percy Cuninghame-Fairlie, 10th Baronet (1815–1881) married Maria Antonia Felton in 1839. She was the daughter Hon. William Bowman Felton, or "Belvidere," Sherbrooke, P.Q., Commissioner of Crown Lands, Lower Canada, and his wife, Anna Maria Valis, in 1839. She died in London, England, January 1897, aged 76. The couple were the parents of the 11th Baronet.
- Sir Charles Arthur Fairlie-Cuninghame, 11th Baronet (1846–1897)
- Sir Alfred Edward Fairlie-Cuninghame, 12th Baronet (1852–1901)
- Sir William Edward Fairlie-Cuninghame, 13th Baronet (1856–1929)
- Sir Hussey Burgh Fairlie-Cuninghame, 14th Baronet (1890–1939)
- Sir William Alan Fairlie-Cuninghame, 15th Baronet (1893–1981)
- Sir William Henry Fairlie-Cuninghame, 16th Baronet (1930–1999)
- Sir Robert Henry Fairlie-Cuninghame, 17th Baronet (b. 1974)