A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Cuming, Samuel
CUMING. (Retired Commander, 1838.)
Samuel Cuming was born 4 Jan. 1769, and died in 1845. He was brother of the late Admiral Wm. Cuming, who commanded the Russell 74, at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801.
This officer obtained a Lieutenant’s commission Feb. 1797; and became a Retired Commander 15 Oct. 1838.