James Cunningham, 14th Earl of Glencairn (1749 – January 30, 1791) was a Scottish

Scotland

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 nobleman, and a representative peer

Representative peer

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 from 1780.

A Captain in the West Fencible

Fencibles

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 Regiment from 1778, he was also a great supporter and friend of Robbie Burns

Robert Burns

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. He was instrumental in the production of the Second Edition of Burn's Poems (Hill MDCCCXL).

In 1786 he sold his ancient family estate and seat of Kilmaurs

Kilmaurs

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 to the Marchioness of Titchfield.

He died, unmarried, at Falmouth

Falmouth, Cornwall

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, soon after landing from Lisbon

Lisbon

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, and was buried in the chancel of the Church of King Charles the Martyr, Falmouth

Church of King Charles the Martyr, Falmouth

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. He was succeeded in the peerage by his brother John.