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.
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.
Cummins, Nicholas Marshall, son of Nicholas Cummins, C. E., of Brussels; b. Oct. 8, 1877; adm. April 24, 1890 (G); left Dec. 1891.
Cunliffe, David Foster, son of Percy Cunliffe of Ashtead, Surrey, and Edith Blanche Wellwood, d. of Robert Ker of Worthing; b. 29 Oct. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (G); left July 1937; Bank of England 1937-9 and 1946-7; Rifle Bde 1940-5 (Maj.), MC (NW Europe) Oct. 1944; Parachute Regt AAC (TA) Nov. 1947 (Lieut.-Col.), retd 1956; TD and bar; Lond. dir. S. American Saint Line 1960-5; dir. Houlder Bros & Co. 1965-81, Houlder Line and Alexander Shipping 1973-81; retd 1981; m. 22 Oct. 1955 Aileen Rose, d. of Ralph Cobham of Montevideo; d. 25 Mar. 1992.
Cunnew, Andrew Godwin, son of George Arthur Cunnew of Wallington, Surrey, and Ada Winifred Tanner, d. of Rev. Charles James Oliphant, Rector of Burmarsh, Kent; b. 30 Nov. 1934; adm. Sept. 1948 (W); left July 1953; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1953, BA 1957, MA 1960; adm. solicitor July 1965; m. Gillian Mary, d. of Arthur Trimming of Wallington, Surrey; d. 1 Jan. 2003.
Cunningham, Allan, son of Walter Allan Cunningham, bank manager, and Florence, d. of Samuel Beverley Jones; b. 4 July 1908; adm. May 1922 (A); left Dec. 1925; Lond. man. R. & W. Paul, grain importers; 2nd Lieut. RASC Oct. 1944.
Cunningham, Bertram Stephen Rowsell, brother of Francis Rowsell Cunningham (q.v.); b. July 20, 1883; adm. April 28, 1898 (R); left April 1899; adm. a solicitor June 1908; practised in London; temp. 2nd Lieut. A. S. C. Nov. 11, 1914; Lieut. Jan. 15, 1915; Capt. Aug. 1, 1915; Major April 1, 1917; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 15, 1916, and Dec. 24, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1918; executive officer, Ministry of Pensions; Lieut. R. A. S. C. Dec. 14, 1939; Major 10th Training Batt. R. A. S. C.; m. Nov. 23, 1915, Margaret, eldest daughter of Frederic William Atkinson, of Blackheath, Kent; d. Dec. 11, 1948.
Cunningham, Francis Rowsell, son of Francis Bertram Cunningham, of South Kensington, by Marian Norman, daughter of the Rev. Thomas James Rowsell, Canon of Westminster; b. Sept. 27, 1877; adm. April 24, 1890 (R); left July 1896; in business in S. Africa 1902-7; secretary of the South African Financial Corporation from 1908; served in England as a Gunner in the R.G.A. and afterwards in Mesopotamia with the R.E., becoming Major in 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. March 12, 1918, and Feb. 18, 1919; m. July 25, 1911, Alexandra Viola, second daughter of Major-Gen. Alexander Herman Adam Gordon, of Elgin; d. March 30, 1962.