James Cunningham, 7th Earl of Glencairn (1552–1630) was a Scottish peer and member of the Privy Council of Scotland.
Finlaystone House and estate in Inverclyde was the seat of the Earl of Glencairn and chief of clan Cunningham from 1405 to 1796.
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Early life
He was the eldest son and heir of William Cunningham, 6th Earl of Glencairn by his spouse Janet, daughter of Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar.
When Regent Morton moved against the Hamiltons in May 1579, James Cunningham, Master of Glencairn, took the Place of Paisley for the crown. Cunningham was engaged in the notorious Raid of Ruthven in 1582.
Parliamentary appointments
A Privy Councillor to King James VI of Scotland, he was one of the Commissioners nominated by the Scottish Parliament, in 1604, for the projected Union with England.