CUFFE, OTWAY, 1ST EARL OF DESART (I), second son of John Cuffe, 1st Baron Desart (I), and his second wife Dorothea, sister of Richard Gorges (adm. 1721, qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Oct 1749 (Grant's); left 1752; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Jul 1752; adm. Middle Temple 31 Jan 1756; succ. brother as 3rd Baron Desart (I) 25 Nov 1767; took seat in Irish House of Lords 22 Dec 1767; Grand Tour (Italy) 1769-70; created Viscount Desart (I) 6 Jan 1781 and Earl of Desart (I) 20 Dec 1793; an Irish Representative Peer from 1801; m. 18 Aug 1785 Lady Ann Browne, eldest dau. of Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont (I) (perhaps OW, qv); d. 9 Aug 1804.

Cuffe-Adams, Robert Edward, son of Edward Jack Cuffe-Adams, co. dir., of Bickley, Kent, and Clarice Adele, d. of Mark Harold Normandale of Streatham; b. 18 Mar. 1948; adm. Sept. 1961 (A); left July 1966; Univ. Coll. Durham 1967-70, BA; adm. solicitor 1974; solicitor Messrs Speechly Bircham 1974-8; legal asst. Metropolitan Police Solicitor’s Dept 1978-2001, sen. principal legal asst.; m. 21 Mar. 1981 Valerie Grace, d. of Maurice Rawson Lofstedt, engineer; d. 1 June 2004.

Culhane, Michael Fitzgerald, son of Frederick William Slater Culhane MRCS, of Hastings, and Mary Lucy, d. of Michael Dunn of Nottingham; b. 15 Mar. 1902; adm. Sept. 1915 (KS); left Dec. 1916; at Tonbridge Sch. Jan. 1917 to Apr. 1920; a bank official; m. 14 June 1930 Eva Mary, d. of Charles W. Church of Bromley, Kent; d. 25 Feb. 1990.

Cullimore, Colin Stuart, son of Reginald Victor Cullimore, co. dir., and May Maria, d. of Edward Jay of Woking, Surrey; b. 13 July 1931; adm. May 1945 (B), prin. opp.; left July 1950; Univ. of Grenoble, France; Roy. Scots Fusiliers 1951-5 (Maj. TARO 1956), serving with Parachute Regt. in Cyprus and Egypt; Nat. Coll. of Food Technology 1955-6; gold medal, Inst. of Meat, 1956; InstD; asst. gen. man. J. H. Dewhurst Ltd. 1965, gen. man. 1969, man. dir. 1976-90; dir. external affairs, Vestey Group 1990-2; chmn. Retail Consortium Food Committee 1973-4, Multiple Shops Fedn. 1977-9; CBE 1978; dep. chmn. Meat Promotion Exec. 1975-8, Inst. of Meat 1982-3; pres. British Retail Assn. 1984-9; OStJ 1988; chmn. Reserve Forces Ulysses Trust 1992-6, NAAFI 1993-6, Westminster School Soc. 1999-2007, Lincoln Cathedral Council 2000-7; Master, Worshipful Company of Butchers 2004-5; FRSA 1987; DL Lincs 1998; m. 5 Aug. 1952 Kathleen Anyta, d. of Edgar Maurice Lamming, of Horncastle, Lincs; d. 22 Dec. 2015.

Cullingford, Frederick Robert, son of Frederick Robert Cullingford, perfume manufacturer, of Chelsea, and Harriette, d. of Ascher Simmons; b. 8 Oct. 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (R); left July 1933; joined family perfume firm; exhibited paintings RA Summer Exhibition 1960, 1962 and 1963; m. 1st 1939 Mary, Viscountess Ratendone, d. of Basil Samuel Foster. world open racquets champion; 2nd 1951 Rosemary Montgomery, d. of Ralph Urquhart Rutherford, farmer, of Bexhill-on-Sea; d. Jan. 1995.

CULPEPPER, HON. FRANCIS, son of John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper PC, successively Chancellor of the Exchequer and Master of the Rolls, and his second wife Judith, dau. of Sir Thomas Culpepper, Hollingbourne, Kent; b.; at school 1659 (Busby’s Account Book); KS (Capt. ) 1662; buried in the Cloisters, Westminster Abbey 1 Nov 1663.

Cumberland, Bentinck Howard, son of Walter Bertie Cumberland, GPO engineer, of Hendon, and Edith Howard, d. of Edmund Rawles of Hampstead; b. 6 Sept. 1917; adm. Apr. 1931 (R); left July 1936; The Loyal Regt 1940-3 (Capt.); killed in action (N. Africa) 30 Apr. 1943.

Bentinck Howard “Benty” Cumberland was born at Hampstead, London on the 6th of September 1917 the only son of Walter Bertie Cumberland, an engineer for the General Post Office, and Edith Howard (nee Rawles) Cumberland of 26, Shirehall Lane, Hendon in Middlesex. He was christened at St Mark’s Church, Marylebone on the 20th of October 1917. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from April 1931 to July 1936. He was a member of the 1st Rowing VIII in 1935 and 1936 where he rowed at No. 6. On leaving school he was articled to a firm of chartered accountants. He was elected as a member of the London Rowing Club in 1936.
He attended the 163rd Officer Cadet Training Unit (Artists Rifles) before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) on the 3rd of August 1940 where he was later appointed as Battalion Transport Officer.
On the 29th of April 1943 the 1st Battalion, The Loyal Regiment was near Djebel Rhaouas in Tunisia where they had been involved in heavy fighting the previous day and were preparing to renew their attack. At 6am that morning 14 enemy tanks passed through the Gabgab gap towards the Battalion but soon came under British artillery fire and withdrew at 8am. Later than morning B Company was ordered to join C Company to reinforce 117 Metre Hill where enemy tanks had been seen. At 1.30pm 20 enemy tanks managed to infiltrate a gap in the British positions and established themselves on a nearby ridge where they dominated the approaches to 117 Metre Hill. As soon as this move had been completed a further 20 enemy tanks, supported by infantry, advanced through the Gabgab Gap and headed towards The Loyals’ positions on 117 Metre Hill. C Company called down artillery fire on the enemy force but this did not deter them and they continued to advance. At 2.30pm, tanks of the 145th Royal Tank Regiment began moving forward to attack the enemy tanks but they lost six of their number in a short space of time and so they took up static positions some two miles from 117 Metre Hill where they fired in support of the infantry but this was largely ineffective.
The German force closed and overran the The Loyals’ Support Company on the western side of the hill, and destroyed most of the Battalion’s transport. The Battalion had also lost all of its anti tank guns. Having suffered very heavy casualties, the survivors formed into small groups on the perimeter of their position while the German tanks dug in where they were and continued firing on the British positions for the rest of the day. Just before dawn, rations were brought up to the forward British troops and it was at this time that Bentinck Cumberland was killed by mortar fire.
At dawn on the 30th of April 1943, the Germans began withdrawing through the Gabgab Gap and new anti tank guns were brought forward to defend the gap should they return.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at the London Rowing Club.
He is buried at Massicault War Cemetery Plot V, Row M Grave 3.

CUMBERLAND, RICHARD, only son of Denison Cumberland (qv); b. 19 Feb 1732; adm. from Bury St. Edmunds Sch. Jan 1745/6 (Ludford's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1747, scholar 1748, matr. 1748; 6th Wrangler 1750/1; BA 1750/1; MA 1754; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1752, Major Fellow 1753; private secretary to George, 2nd Earl of Halifax c. 1754-65; Crown Agent for Nova Scotia c. 1758 - ?; held post of Ulster Secretary Apr 1761 - Apr 1763 during Halifax’s term of office as Lord Lieut. Ireland; Solicitor and Clerk of Reports, Board of Trade 31 May 1765 - Jan 1776, Secretary to Board of Trade 23 Jan 1776 - 2 May 1782, when post abolished; on unsuccessful secret mission to Spain Jun 1780 - Apr 1781, seeking to secure a separate peace with that country; after the abolition of his government appointment he settled in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, holding a commission in local volunteers during Napoleonic Wars; author of numerous comedies, tragedies, translations and novels; his most successful play, The West Indian, was produced by Garrick in 1771 and ran for twenty-eight nights; described by Goldsmith in his Retaliation as “the Terence of England” and caricatured by Sheridan as Sir Fretful Plagiary in The Critic (see Lord Broughton, Recollections of a Long Life, i, 138); wrote with Sir John Bland Burges (qv) an epic called the Exodiad, 1808; author, The Observer, almost the last imitation of The Spectator; his Memoirs, published in 1807, contain several interesting references to the School and to his contemporaries there; m. 19 Feb 1759 Elizabeth, only dau. of George Ridge, Kilmeston, Hants.; d. 7 May 1811. Buried in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

Cuming, Sir Arthur Herbert, second son of William Cuming, of Bognor, Sussex, sometime Deputy-Accountant-General of the Navy, by Cecily Kemp, daughter of Joseph Cumming; brother of Joseph Henry Cuming (q.v.); b. Nov. 24, 1871; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 1884; left Dec. 1888; Oriel Coll. Oxon., matric. Oct. 1893; appointed to the Indian Civil Service after the exam. of 1893, arrived in India Jan. 3, 1895; served in Bengal as Assist. Magistrate and Collector; Asst. Commissioner Assam Jan. 1899; Magistrate and Collector East Bengal and Assam Jan. 1906; District and Sessions Judge March 1908; re-transferred to Bengal April 1912; officiating Superintendent and Remembrancer of Legal Affairs Bengal April 1914; Acting Judge Calcutta High Court in 1916, 1917, 1919-20, and in 1921; Puisne Judge 1921; knighted 1928; retired 1931; m. Sept. 12, 1905, Beryl Christine, daughter of Capt. Henry Alfred Austen, of Bognor; d. Feb. 15, 1941.

CUMING, JOSEPH HENRY, son of William Cuming, Bognor, Sussex, Deputy Accountant-General, Royal Navy, and Cecily Kemp, dau. of Rev. Joseph Henry Cumming, Warden Queen’s Coll. Birmingham; b. 31 Jul 1870; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 31 May 1883; QS 12 Jun 1884; left Dec 1888; Trin. Coll. Camb. , adm. pens. 5 Oct 1889, matr. Mich. 1889; passed into Indian Civil Service after exam of 1889; arrived in India 3 Dec 1891; served North West Provinces and Oudh as Assist. Magistrate and Collector, and as Assist. Commissioner; Joint Magistrate Jan 1897; District and Sessional Judge, United Provinces Mar 1904 -; m. 23 Oct 1907 Céphise Marie, dau. of James Weller Maxwell, Raur Estate, Etah, United Provinces, India.