The Cunynghame Baronetcy, of Milncraig in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 3 February 1702 for the Scottish lawyer and politician David Cunynghame

Sir David Cunynghame, 1st Baronet

Sir David Cunyninghame of Milncraig, 1st Baronet was a distinguished advocate, an eloquent Member of the pre-1707 Scottish Parliament, and the friend and coadjutor of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun. He was created a baronet of Nova Scotia on February 3, 1702, to him and his "heirs successive."He was...

, with remainder to his "'heirs male in perpetuum'". He was the member of a family that claimed descent from the 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....

. The second and fourth Baronets both represented Linlithgowshire

Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Linlithgowshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1945. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post voting system....

 in the British House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 while the third Baronet was a Lieutenant-General in the British Army

British Army

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. Another member of the family to gain distinction was Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame, fifth son of the fifth Baronet. He was a General in the British Army.

Cunynghame Baronets, of Milncraig (1702)

• Sir David Cunynghame, 1st Baronet
  Sir David Cunynghame, 1st Baronet
  Sir David Cunyninghame of Milncraig, 1st Baronet was a distinguished advocate, an eloquent Member of the pre-1707 Scottish Parliament, and the friend and coadjutor of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun. He was created a baronet of Nova Scotia on February 3, 1702, to him and his "heirs successive."He was...
  
   (d. 1708)
• Sir James Cunynghame, 2nd Baronet (c. 1685-1747)
• Sir David Cunynghame, 3rd Baronet (1700-1767)
• Sir William Augustus Cunynghame, 4th Baronet (1747-1828)
• Sir David Cunynghame, 5th Baronet (1769-1854)
• Sir David Thurlow Cunynghame, 6th Baronet (1803-1869)
• Sir Edward Augustus Cunynghame, 7th Baronet (1839-1877)
• Sir Francis Thurlow Cunynghame, 8th Baronet (1808-1877)
• Sir Francis George Thurlow Cunynghame, 9th Baronet (1835-1900)
• Sir Percy Cunynghame, 10th Baronet (1867-1941)
• Sir (Henry) David St Leger Brooke Selwyn Cunynghame, 11th Baronet (1905-1978)
• Sir Andrew David Francis Cunynghame, 12th Baronet (b. 1942)