Henry Cunningham
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For other uses, see Henry Cunningham (disambiguation).
Henry Cunningham (c. 1678–1736), of Boquhan, Gorgunnock, Stirling, was a Scottish Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1709 to 1734. He was given the post of Governor of Jamaica, but died two months after landing there. A description of Cunningham appears in the introduction to Scott's historical novel ‘’Rob Roy’’.