A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Cumming, Arthur
CUMMING. (Commander, 1846.)
Arthur Cumming is a near relative, we believe, of Lieut.-General Sir Henry John Cumming, K.C.H., Colonel of the 12th Lancers.
This officer entered the Navy 8 Aug. 1832; passed his examination in 1837; and for his services as Mate of the Cyclops steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, during the Syrian campaign, particularly at the taking of Sidon, where he behaved most gallantly, was awarded a commission dated 28 Sept. 1840.[1] His next appointments were – 28 Nov. 1840, and 18 June, 1841, as Additional Lieutenant, to the Princess Charlotte 104, and Britannia 120, flagships in the Mediterranean of Sir Robt. Stopford and Sir John Acworth Ommanney – 13 Sept. 1841, to the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, on the same station – and, 5 Nov. 1842, to the Frolic 16, Capt. Wm. Alex. Willis, in which vessel he sailed for South America. From 8 July, 1845, until promoted to the rank of Commander, 9 Nov. 1846, Lieut. Cumming was further employed in the Albion 90, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, on the Channel station. He is now on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, pp. 2603, 2604.