John Cumming (clergyman)

He was born in Fintray in Aberdeenshire the eldest son of John Cumming (d.1835) and his wife, Anne Mutch of Foveran.

They had several children: Lettice Anne (b.1834); John (b.1835); Fanny (b.1837); Louisa Finch (b.1838); Nicholson (b.1840)' Elizabeth (b.1842); Martin Luther Cumming (1843–1911); James (b.1844); Hugh McNeil (b.1845); Francis (1842–1908); Edward Bishop Elliott Cumming (b.1848 died aged 6 months).

He gave public lectures denouncing Cardinals Nicholas Wiseman and John Henry Newman.

The Times also frequently printed letters from Cumming in which he pointed to perceived misdeeds on the part of the Roman Catholic Church.

He believed that historical events such as the French Revolution and the Great Famine of Ireland had fulfilled prophecies contained in the biblical Books of Daniel and Revelation.