Cuming, Alexander, Sir, 1690?-1755.
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Cuming, Alexander, Sir, 1690?-1755.
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Cuming, Alexander, Sir, 1690?-1755.
Cuming, Alexander, Sir, 1st Baronet, of Culter
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Cuming, Alexander, Sir, 1st Baronet, of Culter
Cuming, Alexander, Sir
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Cuming, Alexander
Cuming, Alexander, Sir, 2nd Baronet, of Culter; Chief of the Cherokees
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Cuming, Alexander, Sir, 2nd Baronet, of Culter; Chief of the Cherokees
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Second baronet of Culter, eccentric Scottish promoter and visionary, Royal Society member, and self-proclaimed king of the Cherokees.
Born in Scotland around 1690 and briefly a member of the Scottish bar (1714-1718), Sir Alexander Cuming is best known for his unofficial mission (1729-1730) to the Cherokees, which resulted in his crowning as king and return to England accompanied by seven Cherokee chiefs. Cuming then spent several years hoping to be confirmed as overlord of the Cherokees, advocating various banking and settlement plans, and experimenting with alchemy. Following a lengthy imprisonment for debt and ten years as a poor brother of the Charterhouse, Cuming died in 1775.
Epithet: of Culter; Chief of the Cherokees
Title: 2nd Baronet
Epithet: of Culter
Title: 1st Baronet
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Cherokee Indians
Debt, Imprisonment for
Indians of North America
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Great Britain
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England--London
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Canterbury, Province of, Kent
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Bermuda Islands, North Atlantic Ocean
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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North America, America
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Perth, Perthshire
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Peebles, Scotland
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America
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Burntisland, Fifeshire
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Southern States
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Edinburgh, Scotland
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Tain, Ross and Cromarty
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Ross-shire, Scotland
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Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
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