Lot 5: SIR JOHN BAPTIST DE MEDINA (BRUSSELS 1659-1710 EDINBURGH) Sir Hugh Cunnin

SIR JOHN BAPTIST DE MEDINA (BRUSSELS 1659-1710 EDINBURGH) Sir Hugh Cunningham of Bonnington bears inscription (verso) oil on canvas 76 x 63.5 cm. (29 15/16 x 25 in.) oval Sir Hugh Cunningham (1642-1710) was a politician and merchant. In 1698 he became First Bailie of Edinburgh and, following his second year as Master of the Merchant Company, he achieved the height of his political career when he became Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1702