Richard Cumberland was Archdeacon of Northampton from 1707 until 1737.
He was the son of Richard Cumberland, an English philosopher and Bishop of Peterborough from 1691 to 1718.[1] Cumberland was born in Peterborough and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge.[2] He held incumbencies at Elton and Peakirk;[3] and was a Prebendary of Peterborough and Lincoln.
He died on 24 December 1737.[4]
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edit- ^ Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 13. Macmillan: New York. 1888.
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