Ronald Cumming (4 April 1900 – 17 November 1982) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Ronald Cumming
Birth nameRonald Stuart Cumming
Date of birth(1900-04-04)4 April 1900
Place of birthAberlour, Scotland
Date of death17 November 1982(1982-11-17) (aged 82)
Place of deathRothes, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Aberdeen University ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- North of Scotland District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1921 Scotland 2 (0)

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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Cumming played for Aberdeen University.[1]

Provincial career

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He played for North of Scotland District.[2]

International career

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He played for Scotland twice in 1922.[3]

Business career

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He followed into the family business in the whisky industry. He became Chairman of the Scottish Whisky Association in 1961.[4] He became Chairman of Distillers Company Ltd. in 1963.[5]

Family

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His parents were John Fleetwood Cumming (1863-1933) and Beatrice Gordon Bryson Kynoch (1865-1906). John Fleetwood Cumming was a Moray councillor and owner of the Cardhu distillery near Knockando, which was founded by his grandfather in 1824. They had 2 sons Lewis Robertson Cumming (1892-1914), John Kynoch Cumming (1896-1927) and 1 daughter Elizabeth Cumming (1898-1989) as well as Ronald. His father remarried Isobel Field when Beatrice died, they had a daughter in 1909 that died in infancy. Lewis joined the Black Watch and died in the Great War; John was wounded and taken prisoner.[6]

Ronald married Mary Hendrie (1904-1990) in Wentworth, Ontario in Canada in 1925. They had 2 daughters Elizabeth Bryson Cumming (1926-2015) and Mary Stuart Cumming (1929-1990). Mary Hendrie received an O.B.E. in 1953.[5]

References

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  1. ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  2. ^ "Register". Retrieved 30 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Ronald Cumming - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  4. ^ "Register". Retrieved 30 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ a b "Register". Retrieved 30 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Register". Retrieved 30 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.