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 GLENCAIRN. 31 III. 1503 ? -?. CUTHBERT (CUNNINGHAM), LORB KlLMACRS [S.], R. and b., who had charters, 08 " Lord Kilmaurs," 25 June 1492, but who at the marriage of James IV. [8.1 13 Aug. 1503,( a ) appears to have been acknowledged (tho' by some said to have been created 11 by belting,") EARL OF GLENCAIRN [S.] On 18 Nov. I.IO:"), "he is entered in the rolls of Purl, as Earl of Glencarne,"( h ) and (with his wife and son) had a charter, 24 July 1511, "of the Earldom and Barony of Glencairn."^) lie engaged in the attempt to rescue King James V. [S J from the control of the Douglas family and fought at Linlithgow, 4 Sep. 1520'. He in. about 1490 (before June 1492), Mariot, 1st da. of Archibald (Douglas), Earl ok Angus [S.], by his first wife, Elizabeth, da. of Robert (Boyd), Lord Boyd [S.] He d. about 1538, certainly before 1542. IV". 1538 ! J,. William (Cunningham), Earl of Glencairn, &c. [S.J, s. aud h.. A. about 1490; known, v.p., as Master of Kilmaurs ; knighted before 1509; High Treasurer [8.], June to Oct. 1526 ; was on OB Embassy to France, 1538, about which time lie sue. to the peerage [S.] ; was taken prisoner by the English, at Nolway, Nov. 1542 (being then an Earl), but ransomed for £4000; was on an Embassy to England, 1543, whose interests he generally (receiving a pension accordingly), supported, obtaining remission, 12 Dec. 1544, from Pari. [SJ, for all treasons committed. He was zealous for the reformed religion. He m. firstly before 10 July 1509 (at which date she was living), Katharine, da. of William (BoBTHWICK), Lord Rorthwick [S.] She d- s.p. He m. secondly, Margaret, or Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Campbell, of West Loudoun. He d. 1547. V. 1547. 5. Alexander (Cunningham), Earl of Glencairn, &c. [§•1 called " the good Earl 1st surv. e. and h., by second wife, stykd v.p., Loud Kilmauhs, Master ok Glencairn ; was (with his father), as early as 1540, and thro' all his life, a zealous supporter of the reformed faith. He skc. to the peerage [S.], 1547. He, at the head of 2,500 men, assisted the Tf^ormers in 1559, against the Queen Regent; V. C. [S.], 1561 ; had a high command against Queen Mary, at Carberry Hid, in 1567 ; and again at Loch Leveu in 1568 ; demolished altars, images, pictures, &c., at Holyrood Chapel, and elsewhere; was bearer of the Sword at the Coronation of James VI. [S. ], and joint Lieut, of the West of Scotland. He m- firstly, Johanna, da. of James (Hamilton), 1st Earl ok Arran [S.], by his third wife, Janet, da. of Sir David Bktoun. She was divorced before 31 Jan. 1545;6.( (1 ) He m. sn-ondly (settl. 22 Jan 1549/50), Janet, da. of Sir John Cunningham, of C'aprington. He d. 23 Nov. 1574. VI. 1574. (J. William (Cunningham), Earl of Glencairn, &o. [S.], s. aud h. by first wife; styled v.p. Lord Kilmaurs, Master of Glencairn. He sue to the peerage [S.], 23 Nov. 1574. He »i. before 24 Aug. 1519 (at which date she was living) Jonet Gordon. He d. between 1576 and 1581. VIL 15S0? 7. James (Cunninguam), Earl of Glencairn, &c. [S.], s. and h., styled v.p. Lord Kilmaurs, Master ok Glencairn. He siic, to the peerage [S.J about 1580. He was engaged in the "raid of Ruthven," 15S2; P.O. to James VI. [S.]. and a Commissioner for the projected union with England, 1604.1°) He At. firstly in 1574 Mariot or Margaret, yst. da. of Sir Colin (•) See "Hewlett," pp. 46—48, but see "Jliddell," p. 822, for some sarcastic remarks on this creation "by belting." (b) See " Riddell," p. S28. {") Wood's "Douglas," where it is added, "Thus he was restored to his grand- father's title." but Maidment (See p. 30, note " f,") writes, " When the title was restored is uncertain, but it was enjoyed by Alexander the good Earl" ; thus Maidment utteriy ignores the "belting " creation of 1503, alluded to in the text. (*) A charter of that date was granted to her as " Johanna;, olim coujugi Alexandri, Magistri de Glencairn." (•) The " decreet of ranking of the nobility " [S.] took place 5 March 1606, and the Karldom of Glencairn was placed therein as 15th Earl ; Eglintouu, Montrose, Casaillis, and Caithness, being the four immediately above him. The Court of Session, however, at the instance of the Earl of Glencairn " reduced " the decree so far as to give him precedence over Eglintoun and the other three Earls. These nobles,