 Cumming 's service aboard the Duke of Wellington ended with his promotion to rear @-@ admiral on 27 February 1870 . He served for a while as a port admiral before being appointed , on 14 February 1872 , Commander @-@ in @-@ Chief of the East Indies Station . He remained in the East Indies until March 1875 and was promoted to vice @-@ admiral on 22 March 1876 . Cumming 's promotion to admiral came on 9 January 1880 and he retired from the service on 6 April 1882 . After retirement he lived mainly at Foston Hall , near Derby . Cumming was a keen patron of his former shipmates including Surgeon William Loney , who had served aboard Emerald , which Cumming had captained , and Glasgow , part of his East Indies squadron . In 1877 Cumming wrote to Vice @-@ Admiral Beauchamp Seymour , 1st Baron Alcester , Commander @-@ in @-@ Chief of the Channel Squadron , and Lord <unk> , Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty , to recommend Loney for promotion . Cumming was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath as part of Queen Victoria 's Golden Jubilee celebrations on 21 June 1887 . 
