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CUMBERLAND, RICHARD FRANCIS GEORGE, son of Richard Cumberland (adm. 1770, qv); b. ; in school list 1801; left Christmas 1802; at Harrow Sch. 1804-5; a Page of Honour to George III 4 Feb 1804 - Jan 1810; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 27 Jan 1809; Lieut. and Capt. , 25 Dec 1813; retd. 24 Feb 1825; ADC to Duke of Wellington during Peninsular War 1812-4, wounded at siege of Bayonne; Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to Queen Adelaide, Jul 1830- c. 1834; Collector of Land Revenue, Malta c. 1832-8, post abolished; a Junior Clerk, Royal Mint Jan 1842 - Feb 1869, superannuated; m. 17 Dec 1827 Mary, dau. of --- Turner, Rotherham, Yorks. , solicitor; d. 9 Mar 1870, aged 77. DNB.

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.

CUMBERLAND, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Cumberland (adm. 1745/6, qv); b. 28 Dec 1760; adm. 10 Jan 1770; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Aug 1776, aged 15, scholar 15 May 1778, matr. Mich. 1777; sailed as volunteer in Sir Charles Hardy’s fleet 1779; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 12 Oct 1779; Lieut. and Capt. , 20 Oct 1784; Capt. , 66th Foot 9 Jul 1788; 13th Foot 31 Jul 1789; m. 14 Jul 1784 Lady Albinia Hobart, eldest dau. of George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv); d. at Barbados, on his way home from the West Indies, 16 Feb 1794.

CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM, fourth son of Richard Cumberland (adm. 1745/6, qv); b.; adm. 7 Jun 1773; left Whitsun 1781; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 26 Feb 1790; Commander 3 Oct 1795; Capt., 8 Nov 1798; Rear-Adm., 27 May 1825; served at S. Domingo 1803, and commanded HMS Leyden at capture of Danish fleet at Copenhagen 1807; m. 10 May 1800 Eliza, dau. of Charles Pym Burt, Albemarle Street, Piccadilly, London; d. 15 Nov 1832, aged 67.

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.

Cuming, Henry Arthur, son of Sir Arthur Herbert Cuming (qv); b. 11 July 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (R); left July 1925; a chartered accountant, ACA 1932, FCA 1942; RAFVR (accounts) in WW2 (Flt Lieut.); dir. Minster Trust, res. 1960; dir. Long Till-Colvin Ltd 1960-8; m. 6 Jan. 1933 Phoebe Elizabeth, d. of Harry Stokes, barrister-at-law, of Calcutta; d. 1 Dec. 1984.

CUMMINGS, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767, 1769; left Dec 1769.

Cummins, Nicholas Marshall, son of Nicholas Cummins, C. E., of Brussels; b. Oct. 8, 1877; adm. April 24, 1890 (G); left Dec. 1891.