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Sydney Cumbers
Sydney "Long John Silver" Cumbers (1875–1959) was a British businessman and collector of Merchant Navy memorabilia. He was noted for his large collection of ships' figureheads that he maintained at his house in Gravesend, and which he later donated to the Cutty Sark museum.
== Biography ==
Cumbers was born in 1875 and lost the use of an eye in a childhood accident, after which he took to wearing an eyepatch and was subsequently nicknamed "Long John Silver".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rmg.co.uk/cuttysark/history-and-collections/collections/figureheads )〕 Cumbers worked in the family-run printing firm of "Johnstone, Cumbers and Sons" and by April 1905 had become a partner in the company. Cumbers was highly interested in the Merchant Navy, having been denied a life at sea by the loss of his eye, and began collecting memorabilia related to it.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-lookout )〕
Though his main residence was in London, Cumbers acquired a second home at the coastal town of Gravesend in Kent.〔 He began using the house to display his collection of nautical memorabilia and renamed it "The Lookout".〔 The nautical theme extended to the rooms of his house which he named after parts of a ship such as "Quarter Deck", "Foc's'le", "Half Deck", "Bridge" and "Hurricane Deck" and to his wife who he referred to as "The Mate".〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rmg.co.uk/cuttysark/history-and-collections/collections/archives )〕 Cumbers, his house and collection featured in a British Pathé film made in 1951.〔
Cumbers died in 1959.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rmg.co.uk/about/press/cutty-sark-press-pack/cutty-sark-figurehead-collection )〕
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