CUNNINGHAM, Peter Miller (5 son of John Cunningham of Dalswinton near Dumfries, farmer). b. Dalswinton, Nov. 1789; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; assistant surgeon in royal navy 10 Dec. 1810, surgeon 28 Jany. 1814; surgeon superintendent of convict ships, left the sea May 1841; published Two years in New South Wales 2 vols. 1827; On the motions of the earth and on the conceptions, growth and decay of man 1834; Hints for Australian emigrants 1841. d. Greenwich 6 March 1864. Rev. D. Hogg’s Life of Allan Cunningham (1875) 12–14, 360–8.
CUNNINGHAM, Rev. William (eld. son of Charles Cunningham of Hamilton, Lanarkshire, merchant, who d. 1811). b. Hamilton 2 Oct. 1805; ed. at Dunse and Univ. of Edin. 1820–28; assistant minister of Middle church, Greenock 15 Oct. 1830; minister of Trinity college church, Edin. Jany. 1834; D.D. Princeton college, New Jersey 1842; professor of theology in New college, Edin. 1843, professor of church history there 1845 to death, principal June 1847 to death; the ablest defender of Calvinism of his time; edited British and Foreign Evangelical Review Oct. 1855 to Oct. 1860; moderator of general assembly 19 May 1859 to death; the sum of £7000 was presented to him 1859; author of The reformers and the theology of the Reformation 1862; Historical theology, a review of the principal doctrinal discussions in the Christian church from the Apostolic age 1863, 2 ed. 1864; Discussion on church principles, Popish, Erastian, Presbyterian 1863. d. Edinburgh 14 Dec. 1861. Life of W. Cunningham by R. Rainy and J. Mackenzie 1871, portrait; Wylie’s Disruption Worthies (1881) 193–200, portrait; Sermons from 1828 to 1860 by the late W. Cunningham, edited by Rev. J. J. Bonar 1872.
CUNYNGHAME, Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow (3 son of Sir David Cunynghame, 5 baronet 1769–1854). b. 2 Aug. 1812; 2 lieut. royal rifles 2 Nov. 1830; lieut.-col. 13 foot 3 Nov. 1846; captain Grenadier guards 1 Dec. 1846; lieut.-col. 20 foot 27 April 1849; lieut.-col. 27 foot 2 April 1852 to 16 Dec. 1853 when placed on h.p.; assistant quartermaster general of first division in the Crimea 1854–55; commanded a division of Turkish contingent May 1855; col. of 36 foot 2 Dec. 1868 to 2 Feb. 1876; commanded forces in South Africa 5 Nov. 1873 to 1 March 1878; col. commandant of first battalion royal rifles 2 Feb. 1876 to death; lieut. governor of Cape of Good Hope 5 March 1877 to 1878; general 1 Oct. 1877, placed on retired list 1 July 1881; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 2 June 1869, G.C.B. 13 June 1878; author of An Aide-de-camp’s recollections of service in China 2 vols. 1844; A glimpse at the Great Western republic 1851; Travels in the Eastern Caucasus 1872; My command in South Africa 1879. d. on board ship at Aden on his way home from India 10 March 1884. I.L.N. lxxii, 273 (1878), portrait.
CUPPAGE, Sir Burke (son of lieut. gen. Wm. Cuppage, who d. 7 Jany. 1848 aged 87). b. Charlton, Kent 1794; 2 lieut. R.A. 17 Dec. 1812; commanded R.A. in south western district 1857–63; col. commandant 2 Feb. 1868 to death; governor of Jersey 23 Oct. 1863 to 1 Oct. 1868; K.C.B. 29 May 1875. d. 4 Cranley place, Onslow sq. London 19 April 1877.
CURETON, Rev. William (2 son of Wm. Cureton of Westbury, Shropshire). b. Westbury 1808; ed. at Newport and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1830, M.A. 1833, B.D. and D.D. 1858; chaplain of his college 1831–38; C. of Oddington, Oxon. 1831; sub librarian of Bodleian library, Oxford 1834–37; assistant keeper of MSS. in British Museum 1837–50; F.R.S. 25 Jany. 1838; select preacher at Ox. 1840; chaplain in ord. to the Queen 18 June 1847; canon of Westminster and R. of St. Margaret’s, Westminster 5 Dec. 1849 to death; corresponding member of French Institute 1855, foreign associate 1860; crown trustee of British Museum 1859; chairman of committee of Oriental translation fund 1863; author of Vindiciæ Ignatianæ, the writings of St. Ignatius vindicated from heresy 1846; Corpus Ignatianum 1849; Spicilegium Syriacum with an English translation 1855; Remains of an ancient recension of the Gospels in Syriac 1858. d. Westbury 17 June 1864. The church of England photographic portrait gallery, part 21 (1859), portrait; G.M. xvii, 520–23 (1864); I.L.N. xxiv, 400 (1854) portrait.
CURIE, Paul Francis. M.D. Aberdeen 1815; member of Gallican Society; co-editor of Archives de la médecine homœopathique 1836–37; author of Principles of Homœopathy 1837; Annals of the London homœopathic dispensary 1844; A treatise on cholera, English and Asiatic 1849; Domestic practice of homœopathy 1850. d. 17 Hanover sq. London 5 Oct. 1853.
CURLING, Henry. Ensign 25 foot 25 Oct. 1827 to 20 Aug. 1829 when placed on h.p.; lieut. 91 foot 6 Jany. 1832 to 30 Dec. 1834 when placed on h.p.; retired 1854; author of The soldier of fortune 3 vols. 1843; John of England, a romance 3 vols. 1846; Shakespeare the poet, the lover, the actor 3 vols. 1848; Nonpareil House 3 vols. 1855; Recollections of the mess table and the stage 1855; Camp club in the Crimea 1856; Edith Frankheart or the baronet’s daughter 3 vols. 1857; The Self divorced or the school for wives 2 vols. 1861; Geraldine Maynard 3 vols. 1864 and 12 other books. d. Weardale villas, Earl’s court terrace, Kensington, London 10 Feb. 1864.
CURLING, Thomas Blizard (3 son of Daniel Curling, F.S.A. who d. 1824). b. London, Jany. 1811; M.R.C.S. 1832, F.R.C.S. 1843, mem. of council 1864, pres. 1873; assistant surgeon to London hospital 1834, lecturer on surgery 1846, surgeon 1849 to Aug. 1869; F.R.S. 6 June 1850; pres. of Royal Med. and Chir. Soc. 1871; retired from practice 1879; author of Treatise on Tetanus 1836; Observations on diseases of the Rectum 1851, 4 ed. 1876; Treatise on diseases of the Testis 1873, 4 ed. 1878. d. Cannes 4 March 1888. Medical Circular iii, 439 (1853), portrait; Barker’s Photographs (1865) pp. 131–32, portrait.
CURRAN, William Henry (son of John Philpot Curran 1750–1817, master of the Rolls in Ireland). Called to bar in Ireland 1816; insolvency comr. in Ireland; bencher of King’s Inns, Dublin 1848; author of Life of John Philpot Curran 2 vols. 1819; Sketches of the Irish bar, with essays 2 vols. 1855. d. 9 Fitzwilliam place, Dublin 25 Aug. 1858 in 69 year.
CURRER, Frances Mary Richardson (only child of Rev. Henry Richardson 1758–84, R. of Thornton in Craven, who took name of Currer, June 1784). b. Eshton hall near Skipton on Craven 3 March 1785; the greatest female book collector in Europe, principal part of her library of 20,000 vols. was sold at Sotheby’s for nearly £6000, Aug. 1862; privately printed Catalogue of the library of Miss Currer at Eshton hall by Robert Triphook 1820, 2 ed. by C. J. Stewart 1833; Extracts from the literary and scientific correspondence of Richard Richardson, M.D., F.R.S. of Bierley, Yorkshire 1835. d. Eshton hall 28 April 1861. Nichols’s Illustrations i, 225–52 (1817); T. F. Dibdin’s Reminiscences of a literary life ii, 949–57 (1836); T. F. Dibdin’s Bibliographical tour ii, 1081–90 (1838).