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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person 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.

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 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

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  1. Mosley, Charles, editor Burke's Peerage 107th edition Wilmington, Delaware 2003 Vol.1 p.879
  2. Burke's Peerage Vol.1 p.879
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