Albert Cunningham

Sir Albert Cunningham (or Conyngham) (died 5 September 1691) was the first Colonel of a regiment of dragoons which evolved to become the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons.

Albert Cunningham
Sir Albert Cunningham by Willem Wissing
Died5 September 1691
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankColonel
Commands heldRegiment of dragoons

He was one of the twenty-seven children of Alexander Cunningham, Dean of Raphoe, who emigrated to Ireland from Scotland, and Marian Murray, daughter of John Murray of Broughton, Edinburgh. [1] He married Margaret Leslie, daughter of Henry Leslie, Bishop of Meath, and Jane Swinton, and had one son Henry.[2]

Military career

Cunningham became Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance in Ireland in 1660.[3] He stood down from that role in 1687 and went on to raise the a regiment of dragoons in 1689.[4] He fought on the side of Prince William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690 and the Siege of Limerick in August 1691.[5] He was killed by a Roman Catholic soldier while being held as a prisoner of war[6] near Collooney in County Sligo on 5 September 1691.[7]

A portrait of Cunningham is at Springhill House.[8]

References
  1. Mosley, Charles, editor Burke's Peerage 107th edition Wilmington, Delaware 2003 Vol.1 p.879
  2. Burke's Peerage Vol.1 p.879
  3. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries in Ireland. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. "The Inniskillings (6th Dragoons)". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. Cannon, Richard (1847). Historical Record of the Sixth, Or Inniskilling Regiment of Dragoons. Parker, Furnivall and Parker. p. 25. Albert Cunningham siege of limerick.
  6. "6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  7. Cannon, Richard (1847). Historical Record of the Sixth, Or Inniskilling Regiment of Dragoons. Parker, Furnivall and Parker. p. 30. Albert Cunningham siege of limerick.
  8. "Lieutenant-General Sir Albert Conyngham (d.1691) | Art UK". artuk.org.
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