Albert Cunningham | |
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 A portrait of Cunningham by Willem Wissing | |
| Born | Ireland |
| Died | 5 September 1691 County Sligo, Ireland |
| Allegiance | Williamites |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | Cunningham's Dragoons |
| Battles / wars | Williamite War in Ireland |
Colonel Sir Albert Cunningham (died 5 September 1691) was an Anglo-Irish army officer who fought in the Williamite War in Ireland. 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]
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 Cunningham's 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 murdered by an Irish 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]
