Men-at-the-Bar/Cumin, Patrick

by Joseph Foster

Cumin, Patrick, secretary to education department since July, 1884, counsel 1882-4, assistant secretary 1871-84, private secretary to vice-president (Mr. Forster) 1868-71, secretary to Scottish education commission 1867, author of A Manual of Civil Law, undergrad. Balliol Coll., Oxon, a student of the Inner Temple 10 Jan., 1843 (then aged 19), called to the bar 7 June, 1855 (eldest son of William Cumin, M.D., of Clifton, Somerset); born , 1824.

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