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CUMBERLAND, ---; natural son of HRH Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland KG, and Fräulein Knissel, a Hanoverian actress; b.; stated by Russell Barker and Stenning to have been at school under Vincent, but possibly at school under Smith (although not in Smith’s surviving admission book); a cripple who “was brought up in the Duke’s apartments in St. James’s, and educated at Westminster, as a day scholar, whither he went and returned in the Duke’s carriage” (Papendiek, Court and Private Life in the time of Queen Charlotte, ii, 258); d. young.

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, CHARLES, third son of Richard Cumberland (adm. 1745/6, qv); b. 21 May 1764; adm. 16 Jun 1772; left Aug 1775; Ensign, 10th Foot 31 Aug 1781; Lieut. , 24 Sep 1787; Capt. , Independent Co. Foot 18 May 1793; retd. 10 Sep 1793; member MCC; played cricket twice for Kent in 1791 and 1793, and for OWW against Old Etonians at Lord’s 13-14 May 1793; m. 23 Oct 1799 Penelope Susannah, widow of David Dewar, Enham House, Hants. , mother of George Edward Mathew Dewar (qv) and dau. of Gen. Edward Mathew, Governor of Grenada; d. 12 May 1835.

CUMBERLAND, DENISON, second son of Ven. Richard Cumberland, Archdeacon of Northampton, and Elizabeth Denison; grandson of Right Rev. Richard Cumberland DD, Bishop of Peterborough; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1720 (in boarding house later known as Ludford’s); in under school list 1721; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 18 Sep 1724, readm. fellow commoner 28 Mar 1727; MA 1728; ordained deacon 12 Dec 1731, priest 19 Dec 1731 (both Lincoln); Rector of Stanwick, Northants., 21 Dec 1731-57; Vicar of Fulham, Middlesex, 29 Jan 1757-63; Prebendary of Lincoln 2 Jun 1735- Jun 1763, St. Paul’s 29 Jan 1761- May 1763; DD Lambeth 1 Jun 1761; consecrated Bishop of Clonfert 19 Jun 1763; translated to Kilmore 6 Mar 1772; m. 15 Aug 1728 Joanna, dau. of Rev. Richard Bentley DD FRS, Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge; buried at Kilmore 22 Nov 1774.

CUMBERLAND, GEORGE, second son of Richard Cumberland (adm. 1745/6, qv); b. 1762; adm. 27 May 1771; entered Royal Navy; killed at siege of Charleston, South Carolina Jun 1776.

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.