Page:A Naval Biographical Dictionary.djvu/265

CUMBY—CUMING—CUMMING—CUNNINGHAM—CUPPAGE. 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 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

This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 April, 1821; and embarked, in Nov. 1822, on board the 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 28, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, 28, Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray, 26, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, and 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 76, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Baker. He was subsequently appointed – 20 Sept. 1831, and 21 Dec. 1832, to the 18, Capt. Peter M‘Quhae, and  28, Capt. Hon. Geo. Rolle Walpole Trefusis, both on the North America and West India station – 11 July, 1835, to the 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, off Lisbon – and, 20 May, 1837, to the 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Sir Robt. Waller Otway. He has been on half-pay since 1838.

 CUMING. 

was born 4 Jan. 1769, and died in 1845. He was brother of the late Admiral Wm. Cuming, who commanded the 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. 

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 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. His next appointments were – 28 Nov. 1840, and 18 June, 1841, as Additional Lieutenant, to the 104, and  120, flagships in the Mediterranean of Sir Robt. Stopford and Sir John Acworth Ommanney – 13 Sept. 1841, to the 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, on the same station – and, 5 Nov. 1842, to the  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 90, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, on the Channel station. He is now on half-pay. – Messrs. Chard.

 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 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 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore John Brett Purvis, and  20, Capt. Rich. Henry Stopford – and, 22 Jan. 1845, to the steam-frigate, Capt. Jas. Hope, in which he is at present employed. – Hallett and Robinson.

 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

This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 20, Capt. Fras. Douglas, guard-ship off Lymington; joined next, for short periods, the Cracker gun-brig’, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Henry Douglas, 74, Capt. John Lechmere, and  74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, employed in the Channel; and on ultimately proceeding to the West Indies in the  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 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 110,  110, and  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 32, Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King, 64, Capt. Peter John Douglas,  18, Capt. Jas. Stirling, 18, Capt. John Gore, and  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 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 74, Capt. Sir John Talbot,  74, Capt. Jas. Anderson, 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, 36, Capts. Andrew King, John Reynolds, and John Tancock, 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Robt. Plampin, 18, Capts. Wm. Style and Wm. Simpson, 74, Capts. Hugh Downman and Edw. Durnford King, and, as First Lieutenant, the 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, 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. – Coplands and Burnett.

 CUPPAGE. 

is son of the late Lieut.General Wm. Cuppage, of the Royal Artillery; and cousin of, and Lieut. James Heyland, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1807, as