A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Cuming, Samuel

by William Richard O'Byrne

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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.

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