Sir Alexander Cuninghame, 1st Baronet

Sir Alexander Cuninghame, 1st Baronet ( – March 1685) was a Scottish landowner and aristocrat.

Early life Cuninghame was born in . He was the only son of Alexander Cuninghame (1625–) and Anne Crawfurd (1628–1649). His sister, Margaret Cuninghame, was the wife of George Meikle of Lesmahagow.

His paternal grandparents were Alexander Cuninghame, 5th Laird of Corsehill (son of Alexander Cuninghame, 4th of Corsehill), and Mary Houstoun (a daughter of John Houstoun of Houston). His maternal grandparents were John Crawfurd of Kilbirnie and Lady Mary Cuninghame (a daughter of the 7th Earl of Glencairn). and Ann Crawfurd (wife of Sir Archibald Stewart, 1st Baronet, of Blackhall). Reportedly, he was ruined by guaranteeing the credit of his spendthrift cousin, Sir David Cuninghame, 4th Baronet of Robertland.

A Scottish baron and landowner in Dumfriesshire, on 26 February 1672, he was created the 1st Baronet Cuninghame of Corsehill in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, with remainder to heirs male of the body. and Mary Stirling (the daughter of Sir James Stirling and sister to Sir George Stirling, 6th Laird of Keir, Dunblane, Perthshire, and 3rd Laird of Cawder, Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire). Among her siblings were James Stewart of Lumlock and Sir Archibald Stewart, 1st Baronet, of Blackhall (who married Sir Alexander's first cousin, Ann Crawfurd). Together, they were the parents of: