Alexander Cunningham (died 3 September 1660) was a 17th-century Scottish Anglican priest in Ireland.
Cunningham was born in Scotland.Clan MacFarlane He held livings at Inver and Killymard; and was Dean of Raphoe from 1630 to 1660."Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Vol 3 p361: Cotton, H; Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
He married Marion Murray, daughter of John Murray of Broughton, Wigtownshire, Scotland, and had an enormous family (twenty-seven by some accounts), many of whom died young.Mosley, Charles ed. Burke's Peerage 107th edition Wilmington, Delaware 2003 Vol.1 p. 879 Nine children reached adulthood, including-
General Sir Albert Cunningham (later generations spelt the name Conyngham) Alexander Margaret, who married the Reverend Alexander Montgomery, Prebendary of Doe, County Donegal: they were the grandparents of Colonel Alexander Montgomery Catherine, who married John Leslie, Bishop of Clogher, and had several children.Burke's Peerage Vol.1 p.879
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