Sir David Cunningham of Robertland, in Ayrshire, was Master of Works to the Crown of Scotland from 1602 to 1607, and Surveyor of the King's Works in England from 1604 to 1606

David Cunningham of Auchenharvie was a Scottish courtier and landowner. An absentee owner of Auchenharvie Castle, in London he was an administrator of royal rents to Charles I of England. A large number of his letters are preserved in the National Records of Scotland.