Researching Richard Cumberland
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 757 people with the Cumberland surname? In that year Cumberland was ranked number 2824 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Richard means "strong ruler" and is of German origin.
Records of Richard Cumberland on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Richard Cumberland and the Cumberland Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 811 people with the Cumberland surname in the UK? Cumberland is now ranked number 3279 for popularity in the UK. |
Cumberland Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Cumberland surname in the USA? Cumberland is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Richard Cumberland
Richard Cumberland (dramatist)
Richard Cumberland (19 February 1731/2 – 7 May 1811) was an English dramatist and civil servant. In 1771 his hit play The West Indian was first staged. During the American War of Independence he acted as a secret negotiator with Spain in an effort to secure a peace agreement between the two nations. He also edited a short-lived critical journal called The London Review (1809). His plays are often remembered for their sympathetic depiction of characters generally considered to be on the margins of society.
Source: Richard Cumberland (dramatist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Richard Cumberland (philosopher)
Richard Cumberland (15 July 1631 (or 1632) – 9 October 1718) was an English philosopher, and Bishop of Peterborough from 1691. In 1672, he published his major work, De legibus naturae (On natural laws), propounding utilitarianism and opposing the egoistic ethics of Thomas Hobbes. Cumberland was a member of the Latitudinarian movement, along with his friend Hezekiah Burton of Magdalene College, Cambridge and closely allied with the Cambridge Platonists, a group of ecclesiastical philosophers centred on Cambridge University in the mid 17th century.
Source: Richard Cumberland (philosopher), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Cumberland
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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