Background
He was the son of pastoralist Keenan Cummings and Elizabeth Shelly, and migrated to New South Wales around 1822.
He was the son of pastoralist Keenan Cummings and Elizabeth Shelly, and migrated to New South Wales around 1822.
He became a pastoralist and squatter, acquiring extensive land in the Wellington and Lachlan districts. In 1859 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for East Macquarie, serving until his defeat in 1874. Cummings died at Peel in 1878.