Person record for Cumberland, Richard

Cumberland, Richard

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 10 times, but was not at home (N) 2 times, and was a venue (V) 3 times.

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1810

2 April 1810 14 April 1810 (V) 18 April 1810 25 April 1810 (N) 8 May 1810 9 June 1810 (NV) 29 November 1810 (V) 2 December 1810

1811

7 May 1811 1 June 1811

Name: Cumberland, Richard
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 19 February 1732
Death Date: 7 May 1811
Occupation: playwright
Occupation: novelist

Richard Cumberland was a playright and novelist. He was also secretary to the Board of Trade for a period from 1775 - 80. He spent some time in Spain while holding this office. On his return he wrote a large number of essays which appeared in his periodical The Observer (1786-90).

Godwin met Cumberland in April 1810 at Tipper's. The identificaiton is strongly supported by Henry Crabb Robinson whose Diary states that Tipper solicited him to write for Cumberland's London Review and also that he dined once with Cumberland at Tipper's.

Godwin recorded his death.

MS. Abinger c. 39, fols. 79-80: 1806
MS. Abinger c. 10, fol. 103: 30 November 1810
MS. Abinger c. 11, fols. 3-4: 16 March 1811
MS. Abinger c. 20, fol. 82: not dated
DNB
The Diary of Henry Crabb Robinson, ed. by Edith J. Morley, 3 vols (London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1938).

This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name	Number of Meetings
Tipper, Samuel	1
Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair)	1
Hume, Alexia	1
Hume, Joseph	1
Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe)	1
Turner, Thomas	1
Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar)	1
Curran, John Philpot	1
Richter, John	1
Robinson, Henry Crabb	1
Davis,	1
Fenwick, Eliza Anne	1