Background
Cuninghame was the son of Colonel David Cuninghame, and his wife Margaret Callander of Craigforth.
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Robert Robert Cuninghame
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Career
He was a General in the Army who fought at an early age at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 with the 14th Foot. He later served as Commander-in-Chief of Ireland from 1793 to 1796. Between 1788 and 1789 he represented East Grinstead in the British House of Commons.
Lord Rossmore later sat as an Irish Representative Peer in the House of Lords from January 1801 until his death in August 1801.
Lady Rossmore died in 1824.
Membership
Cuninghame sat as a Member of the Irish House of Commons for Tulsk from 1751 to 1761, for Armagh Borough from 1761 to 1768 and for Monaghan Borough from 1768 to 1796.
