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The Baccarat Case
On 8th September, 1890, a house-party assembled at Tranby Croft for the Doncaster Races. The guests included the Prince of Wales, Sir William Gordon-Cumming, Bart., and many other notables. At the house-party Sir William Gordon-Cumming was accused of cheating at cards. No attempt was made to thrash the matter out properly, but Sir William signed a document undertaking never again to play cards. In return, secrecy in the affair was to be observed by all concerned. There is no reason to doubt that Sir William's reason for signing that document was, as he maintained, to avoid a scandal in which the Prince would be involved.
A Glimpse of Cairo
Constance Frederica Eka Gordon-Cumming (1837- 1924) was a travel writer and painter. Her parents were Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet, and Elizabeth Maria (Campbell) Cumming. She was the aunt of Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 4th Baronet. She was educated at Fulham, London. She taught herself how to paint, and had help from artists visiting her home, including one of Queen Victoria s favourite painters, Sir Edwin Landseer. After spending a year in India in 1867, she became interested in travel. Places she visited include: Australia, New Zealand, America, Hawaii, China, and Japan. Her best known books are At Home in Fiji and A Lady s Cruise on a French Man-of-War. The latter book resulted from an invitation to join a French ship put into service for the Bishop of Samoa so that he could visit remote parts of his far-flung diocese.
Granite Crags
Constance Frederica "Eka" Gordon-Cumming (1837- 1924) was a travel writer and painter. Her parents were Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet, and Elizabeth Maria (Campbell) Cumming. She was the aunt of Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 4th Baronet. She was educated at Fulham, London. She taught herself how to paint, and had help from artists visiting her home, including one of Queen Victoria's favourite painters, Sir Edwin Landseer. After spending a year in India in 1867, she became interested in travel. Places she visited include: Australia, New Zealand, America, Hawaii, China and Japan. Her best known books are At Home in Fiji and A Lady's Cruise on a French Man-of-War. The latter book resulted from an invitation to join a French ship put into service for the Bishop of Samoa so that he could visit remote parts of his far-flung diocese.
The Royal Baccarat Scandal
Based on the book by Michael Havers and Edward Grayson, and first seen at Chichester and subsequently at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, in 1989, the play dramatizes the Victorian scandal of 1890 in which Sir William Gordon Cumming, a baronet and personal friend of the Prince of Wales, was accused by his mistress's husband of cheating at baccarat.-4 women, 9 men
Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Baronetage, Titles of Courtesy and the Knightage
Includes an unpaged appendix, "royal warrant holders," and 19 a "war honours supplement."
