 Cumming achieved flag rank on 27 February 1870 when he was promoted to rear @-@ admiral . He served for a while as a port admiral before becoming the Naval Commander @-@ in @-@ Chief of the East Indies in 1872 , remaining there until 1875 . Cumming continued to receive promotions , becoming vice @-@ admiral in 1876 and admiral in 1880 , but retired from the Navy in 1880 . In retirement he lived at Foston Hall , near Derby . Cumming was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath as part of Queen Victoria 's Golden Jubilee celebrations on 21 June 1887 and died in London on 17 February 1893 . 
