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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963