William Cunningham, Bishop of Argyll

William Cuninghame was the son of William Cuninghame, 4th Earl of Glencairn and Catherine Borthwick. (2)

He was the last of the sixteen Bishops of Argyll and died in 1552; for his successor, James Hamilton, seems never to have received consecration. (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Argyll

He was ancestor to the Marquis of Connynghame in Ireland. (3)

notes

From Houston, Adair, Conyngham, Stewart & Murray 1600s Donegal

From "The Peerage of Ireland" by John Lodge. p.178.

Cunninghame or Conyngham, Earl of Glencairn, Scotland.

In 1539 William Cunninghame was consecrated Bishop of Argyle and had a son

1. William who had 2 sons,

1. William Conyngham who succeeded his father ....at Conyngham-Head, ....and in 1627 was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia.
   
2. Rev. Alexander Cunninghame went to Ireland ....and in 1611 was the first protestant minister ....of Enver / Inver and Killymard, co. Donegal. ....In 1631 he was promoted to the Deanery of Raphoe ....on Rev. Archibald Adair's promotion from the ....Deanery of Raphoe to the Bishoprick of Killala.
   

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Argyll

The Bishop of Argyll or Bishop of Lismore was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Argyll, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. It was created in 1200, when the western half of the territory of the Bishopric of Dunkeld was formed into the new diocese. The bishops were based at Lismore. The Bishopric of Argyll, like other Scottish bishoprics, passed into the keeping of the Scottish Episcopal Church after the Scottish Reformation.

• 1539 1553 William Cunningham Youngest son of Lord Glencairn; provided to the see by Pope Paul III; resigned the diocese into the hands of the Pope in 1553, and became Dean of Brechin.

From Landed estates database - ESTATE: CONYNGHAM "of Scottish descent, Henry Conyngham Member of Parliament for county Donegal, supported the Williamite cause. He was elevated to the peerage as Baron Conyngham of Mount Charles, County Donegal in 1753, Viscount Conyngham in 1756 and Earl and Baron Conyngham in 1781. He was succeeded in the title Baron Conyngham by his nephew Francis Pierpoint Burton of Buncraggy, county Clare, from who descend the Marquesses of Conygham of Slane Castle, county Meath and the Burtons of Carrigaholt Castle, county Clare. Henry 3rd Baron Conyngham was created Marquess of Conyngham in 1816."

Citations

1. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01706c.htm
2. BP2003 volume 1, page 994.
3. George Robertson, Cunninghame Ayrshire Families.

Sources

1. [S1924] #189 The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, with Armorial Illustrations (1904-1914), Paul , Sir James Balfour, (9 volumes. Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1904-1914), FHL book 941 D22p; FHL microfilms104,157-104,161., vol. 4 p. 239.
2. [S21] #226 The Peerage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of That Kingdom, from Their Origin to the Present Generation (2nd edition, 1813), Douglas, Sir Robert, (2nd edition. 2 volumes. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1813 NOTE: Caution should be taken with this peerage, and compared with other peerages to obtain accurate information about the families. Some of the lineages are confused, but can be used for supplemental information.), FHL book Q 941 D22d; FHL microfilm 1,440,956 items., vol. 1 p. 635.

Links

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• http://thepeerage.com/p32654.htm#i326536
• http://www.laurenandtristan.net/4dec10update/p1867.htm#i56831