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 34 GLENCAIKN — GLENDALE. [John CUNNINGHAM styled Lord Kilmaurs, 1st B. anil h. ap., d. an infant aud v.p. XIII. 1734. 13. "William (Cunningham), Earl op Glencairn, &c. [S.], 2d but 1st surv. s. and h. ; dijM Loud Kilmaurs till 14 March 1734, he sue. to the peerage [S.] ; entered the Army, 1720; Major, f>2d Foot, 1741; Lieut. Col. Pth Foot, 1747 ; Major Gen., 1770; Gov. of Duobartoo Castle. He m., Aug. 1744, Elizabeth, 1st da. and coheir of Hugh Mac-uuikb (said to be a violin player) of Drumdoiv in Ayrshire. He d. 9 Sep. 177.1, at Finlaystoun. His widow rf. 24 June 1801, in her 77th year, at Coats, near Edinburgh. [William Cunningham styled Lord Kilmaurs, 1st s. and b. ap., h. June 1745; sometime an officer in the 3d Dragoon Guards.( 3 ) Ho d. unm. and v.p., 3 Feb, 176S, at Coventry, co. Warwick.] XIV. 1775. H. James (Cunningham), Earl of Glexcairn, &e. [S.], 2d but 1st surv s. and h. ; b. June 1749, at Thilmalcom, co. Renfrew ; styled Lord Kilmaurs, 1768-75, and matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 31 Oct. 1768, as " Baron of Kilmnurs." He site, to the peerage [3.], 9 Sep. 1775. C'apt. in the West Fencibles, 1778. Hep. Peer I8J, 1780-84. In 178(5 he alienated the ancient family estate of Kilmaurs. He is well known as the Patron of the poet Burns. In 1790 he wintered at Lisbon for his health but (/. unm. on his return thence, at Falmouth, 30 Jan. 1791, aged 11, and was bur. in the church there. ( b ) XY. 1791, 15. John (Cunningham), Earl of Glencairn anil to Lord Kilmaurs, next and only surv. br. and h., b. May 1750; 179G. sometime an officer in the 14th Dragoons, but subsequently in Holy Orders of the Anglican Church. He sue to the peerage [S.], 30 Jan. 1791. He hi., 23 April 1785, Isabella, widow of William Leslie Hamilton, yst. da. of Henry David (Krskine), Earl of Buchan [S.], by Agnes, da. of Sir James Steuart, Bart. He d. s.p. at Coats House abovenamed 24 Sep. 1796, aged 46, and was bur. the 29th at St. Cuthbert's.( c ) M.I. On his death the Earldom became dormant.(' ] ) GLEN DALE. i.e., iL Glen dale, ^ co Northumbevlaml," Viscountcy {Grey, a: 1G95 with the Earldom op Tankerville, which see; ex. 1701. of obtaining (as was frequently the case before the Union) a royal confirmation validating the same. He, however, made entail of his estate of Finlaystoun to his sons in tail male which failing to his daughters and their issue in tiil male under which entail the family of Graham of Gartmore (by descent from his eldest da., Lady Margaret Graham), inherited, in 1796, that property. (*) An account of his foolish and self provoked (but, happily, not fatal) duel is in Wood's " Douglas," vol. i, p. 640. ( b ) One of Burus's most beautiful poems is the " Lament " for his death, ending with this stanza — ' The bridegroom may forget the bride was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The Monarch may forget the crown that on his head an hour has been ; The mother may forget the child that smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, and a' that thou hast done for me !" ( c ) An amusing account of him, his eccentricities, and his authorship of a drama " in 25 acts and a few odd scenes "is given by Mr. Maidment. (See p. 30, note "f.") ( ,l ) See p. 33, note "a," as to the claim in 1796 of the heir-of-line which was opposed by Sir Walter Montgomery Cunningham, as heir male, in right of his descent from Andrew, Becond son of Earl William, 1538 to 1547, as also (without apparently any good reason) by Lady Harriet Don, sister and heir of the hist Eirl, which Earl, tho' unquestionably, heir male, was not heir general of the grantee.