Alexander Cumming FRSE (sometimes referred to as Alexander Cummings; 1733 – 8 March 1814) was a Scottish watchmaker and instrument inventor, who was the...
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into Clan Cumming. He was the eldest son of Alexander Cumming of Rosehill and Penrose, Cornwall. Among his siblings was brother George Cumming, also MP...
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created on 27 May 1804 for Alexander Cumming-Gordon, formerly member of parliament for Inverness Burghs. The Cumyn or Cumming family had been settled in...
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Alexander Cumming Fraser (1845 – December 15, 1944) was a merchant and political figure in Manitoba. He represented Brandon North from 1896 to 1899 in...
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Cumming m. Tulloch (1795/6 – 24 April 1844) was a witness in a libel suit made famous in the Lillian Hellman play, The Children's Hour. Jane Cumming was...
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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Alexander Gordon Gordon-Cumming, 4th Baronet (20 July 1848 – 20 May 1930), was a Scottish landowner, soldier, socialite...
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Alfred Cumming) Allan Cumming (born 1996), South African hammer thrower Arthur Cumming (skater) (1889–1914), British figure skater Arthur Cumming (Royal...
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Alexander Charles Cumming OBE FRSE FIC (12 August 1880 – 28 September 1940), usually credited as A. C. Cumming, was an Australian analytical chemist and...
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unincorporated areas with a Cumming mailing address have a population of approximately 100,000. The area now called Cumming is located west of the historic...
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Sir Alexander Cumming, 1st Baronet (c.1670–1725) of Culter, Aberdeen, was a Scottish landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from...
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February 1695. Sir Alexander Cumming, 1st Baronet (c.1670–1725) Sir Alexander Cumming, 2nd Baronet (1690–1775) Sir Alexander Cumming, 3rd Baronet (c.1737–c...
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An S-shaped trap is also known as an S-bend. It was invented by Alexander Cumming in 1775 but became known as the U-bend following the introduction...
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Sir Alexander Cuming, 2nd Baronet (1691–1775) was a Scottish adventurer to North America; he returned to Britain with a delegation of Cherokee chiefs...
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advance in plumbing was the S-trap, invented by the Scottish mechanic Alexander Cumming in 1775, and still in use today. This device uses the standing water...
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his brother, Sir Alexander Munro, 9th of Novar who was Consul-General at Madrid and then Commissioner of Customs in England. Alexander first married his...
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new building started in 1894. It was designed by Andrew Dewar and Alexander Cumming Dewar of the Edinburgh architectural practice of A. and A. C. Dewar...
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Robert Alexander Cumming (born May 1945) is professor of the history of art at Boston University. He worked for the Tate Gallery, London, before moving...
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Scottish actor, writer and presenter Alan Cumming. Erin Carlson (9 January 2012). "'The Good Wife's' Alan Cumming Marries Grant Shaffer". The Hollywood Reporter...
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the pen is proportional to the changes in the atmospheric pressure. Alexander Cumming, a watchmaker and mechanic, has a claim to having made the first effective...
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Clan Cumming (Scottish Gaelic: Na Cuimeinich [nə ˈkʰɯ̃mɛnɪç]), historically known as Clan Comyn, is a Scottish clan from the central Highlands that played...
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s-bends, soil pipes and valves around 1770. This was the work of Alexander Cumming and Joseph Bramah. Water closets only started to be moved from outside...
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S-bend or U-bend to curb noxious smells, which was later invented by Alexander Cumming. Many toilet manufacturers have had the name John as part of the company's...
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Harington in the 16th century, and in 1775 the Scottish mechanic Alexander Cumming developed and patented a design for a toilet with an S-trap and flushing...
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Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet, and Eliza Maria Gordon-Cumming, granddaughter of the Duke of Argyll. Eka was the aunt of Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 4th Baronet...
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Lennox Cumming-Bruce (20 February 1790 – 1 January 1875), was a Scottish Conservative politician. He was the second son of Sir Alexander Cumming-Gordon...
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Cherokee ceded lands to South Carolina. In 1730, at Nikwasi, Sir Alexander Cumming persuaded the Cherokee to crown Moytoy of Tellico as "Emperor." Moytoy...
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United Kingdom for two periods between 1803 and 1826. A brother of Sir Alexander Cumming-Gordon, he served with the British East India Company before becoming...
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water closets (toilets) which were designed to a patent obtained by Alexander Cumming in 1775. He found that the current model being installed in London...
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Admiral Sir Alexander Cumming Gordon Madden KCB CBE (21 January 1895 – 21 September 1964) was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea...
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minister 1713–1769 Thomas Prince (1687–1758), minister 1718–1758 Alexander Cumming (1726–1763), minister 1761–1763 Samuel Blair (1741–1818), minister...
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