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CUMBY—CUMING—CUMMING—CUNNINGHAM—CUPPAGE.
CUMBY. (Lieut., 1829. f-p., 13; h-p., 13.)
David Charles Cumby is second son of the late Capt.W. P.Cumby, R.N., C.B. (1806), who succeeded Capt. John Cooke in the command of the Bellerophon during the battle of Trafalgar; had charge of a squadron at the siege of St. Domingo in 1809; became afterwards Senior Captain of the Navy; and died Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard, 27 Sept. 1837. He is nephew of Commander Chas. Cumby, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 April, 1821; and embarked, in Nov. 1822, on board the Sappho 18, Capt. Jenkin Jones, with whom he served for some time on the coast of Ireland. He afterwards, and in succession, joined, as Midshipman, the Niemen 28, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray, Brazen 26, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, and Forte 44, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, which ships appear to have been employed on the Home, African, and South American stations. Having passed his examination in Nov. 1827, Mr. Cumby was promoted, 7 Dec. 1829, to a Lieutenancy in the Warspite 76, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Baker. He was subsequently appointed – 20 Sept. 1831, and 21 Dec. 1832, to the Fly 18, Capt. Peter M‘Quhae, and Sapphire 28, Capt. Hon. Geo. Rolle Walpole Trefusis, both on the North America and West India station – 11 July, 1835, to the Russell 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, off Lisbon – and, 20 May, 1837, to the Howe 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Sir Robt. Waller Otway. He has been on half-pay since 1838.
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.
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.
CUNNINGHAM. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Graves James Cunningham entered the Navy 10 July, 1823; passed his examination 19 Sept. 1833; and when promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, was serving, as Mate, on board the Britannia 120, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir John Acworth Ommanney. His appointments have since been, on the South American station – 22 Feb. and 21 June, 1842, to the Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore John Brett Purvis, and Pearl 20, Capt. Rich. Henry Stopford – and, 22 Jan. 1845, to the Firebrand steam-frigate, Capt. Jas. Hope, in which he is at present employed. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
CUPPAGE. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 22; h-p., 20.)
Adam Cuppage, born 21 Nov. 1792, is second son of the late General Cuppage, of the Hon.E.I.Co.’s service; brother of Lieut.-Col. Cuppage, late of the 39th regiment; and cousin of Capt. Wm. Cuppage, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cyclops 20, Capt. Fras. Douglas, guard-ship off Lymington; joined next, for short periods, the Cracker gun-brig’, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Henry Douglas, Thunderer 74, Capt. John Lechmere, and Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, employed in the Channel; and on ultimately proceeding to the West Indies in the Acasta 40, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, took an active part in the victory gained over the French, off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. Accompanying Capt. Dunn soon afterwards, as Midshipman, into the Royal George 100, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, he passed the Dardanells in Feb. 1807; and, on 27 of that month, served with the boats in a smart skirmish with the Turks on the island of Prota. While subsequently borne on the books of the San Josef 110, Hibernia 110, and Armide 38, all commanded by Capt. Dunn, he further commanded a gun-boat throughout the various operations connected with the Walcheren expedition in 1809 – served in a boat at the defence and evacuation of Fort Matagorda, near Cadiz, in April, 1810 – and assisted in cutting out several of the enemy’s vessels on the coast of France. Having passed his examination in Feb. 1811, Mr. Cuppage next became attached, on the Jamaica station, to the Jason 32, Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King, Polyphemus 64, Capt. Peter John Douglas, Brazen 18, Capt. Jas. Stirling, Shark 18, Capt. John Gore, and Rhodian 10, Capt. John Geo. Boss, under whom he was wrecked near Port Royal, 21 Feb. 1813. On the latter occasion he proved greatly instrumental in saving the lives of the crew, together with a large amount of freight, by voluntarily swimming ashore through a heavy surf, with a line attached to his person – an exploit for which he very justly received the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling. Joining, immediately afterwards, the Nimrod 18, Capt. Nath. Mitchell, Mr. Cuppage, while cruizing off the coast of America, commanded her boats at the capture, from under the batteries of New Bedford and of other places, of a large number of the enemy’s ships, one of which was the Chili, a South Sea whaler. In that vessel he was sent as prize-master to Halifax; and on his passage thither he was attacked, when becalmed at midnight, by four boats belonging to a privateer, all of which, though fully manned, were, however, beaten off in the most gallant style. Assuming the rank of Lieutenant 26 May, 1814, the subject of this sketch afterwards joined, on the American, East India, St. Helena, and Home stations, the Victorious 74, Capt. Sir John Talbot, Zealous 74, Capt. Jas. Anderson, Phoebe 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, Iphigenia 36, Capts. Andrew King, John Reynolds, and John Tancock, Conqueror 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Robt. Plampin, Gannet 18, Capts. Wm. Style and Wm. Simpson, Windsor Castle 74, Capts. Hugh Downman and Edw. Durnford King, and, as First Lieutenant, the Satellite 18, Capt. John Milligan Laws. He was promoted to his present rank on invaliding from India, 22 July, 1830, and has since been on half-pay.
Previously to joining the Gannet, Commander Cuppage officiated, as Governor, from Jan. 1818, to Nov. 1819, of the island of Ascension. He married, 8 July, 1830, Frances, eldest daughter of the late Colonel Haldane, of the Royal Artillery. Agents – Coplands and Burnett.
CUPPAGE. (Capt., 1830. f-p., 20; h-p., 20.)
William Cuppage is son of the late Lieut.General Wm. Cuppage, of the Royal Artillery; and cousin of Commander Adam Cuppage, R.N., and Lieut. James Heyland, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1807, as
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, pp. 2603, 2604.
