General Notes

REFN: 6032AN
Sir William Cuninghame 1st and Last Earl of Carrick, so created c1362,
but see mingly resigned the title to the Crown by 1369; married Margaret
and died afte r Dec 1396 but before July 1399. [Burke's Peerage]
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2. Sir Wi lliam De Cunynghame of Kilmaurs Earl of Carrick; married (1)
Lady Eleanor Bruc e (died 22 June 1368), daughter of Alexander Earl of
Carrick and Margaret Doug las; married (2) before 18 Apr 1369, Margaret.
William died between Dec 1396 a nd Jul 1399.
William was Hugh's successor and was probably his son. He was cre ated
Earl of Carrick in 1361 by King David II Bruce, probably by virtue of
ma rrying Lady Eleanor Bruce, cousin to the King. She ought not to have
received the title as it was restricted to the male-line heirs of Edward
Bruce, but exc eption was made for her. This title reverted to the Crown
on the death of Lady Eleanor, in William's own lifetime. Some sources
doubt the existence of Elean or but do not explain how William could
otherwise become earl.
Burke notes: " The charter in his favour is on record, and singularly
incomplete, as if there had been a doubt as to the propriety of the
grant:- 'David, D.G. Rex Scottoru m, sciatus nos dedisse concessisse et
hac presenti-carta confirmasse dilicto c onsanguineo nostro Willielmo de
Cuninghame militi totum comitatum De Carryk.' ". The charter is not dated
but was probably written at Aberdeen on 12 Septemb er 1361.
Children (probably by Eleanor):
Robert De Cunynghame, died young
Si r William De Cunynghame of Kilmaurs (#3)
Thomas De Cunynghame => the Cuningham e family of Caprington
Alexander De Cunynghame
John De Cunynghame