Hugh Cunningham of Bonnington
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Sir Hugh Cunningham of Bonnington (1642–1710) was a 17th-century Scottish merchant who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1702 to 1704.
He was the son of Hugh Cunningham of Craigend House near Stow, a descendant of William Cunninghame of Craigends.[1]
In February 1675 he was made Lord Dean of Guild in Edinburgh. In 1689 he was made Master Of Paul's Work, a building where Waverley Station now stands.[2]
In 1692 he became a burgess on Edinburgh Town Council. In 1694 he loaned the city £4000 and was made Water Baillie of Leith and a burgess of Canongate.[2]
In 1700 he became Master of the Merchant Company in Edinburgh.[3]
He is termed Hugh Cunningham of Bonnington, having purchased Bonnington House near Ratho around 1700 from the Scott family.[2]
In 1704 he is termed "Hugh Cunningham of Craigend" and had therefore presumably inherited Craigend House from his father. He purchased a burial plot in Greyfriars Kirkyard in the same year, probably to bury his father.[2]
He died on 16 December 1710 aged 68, and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh.[2] The grave closes the vista of the sealed section commonly known as the Coventanters Prison.