So if Yorrick is a respelling of the Danish name Jorck, which is a form of George, how outlandish would it be to speculate that when George Cumming named his son Yorrick he was naming him after himself, albeit in an indirect, almost joking way? Do you think it would have been common enough knowledge for a Writer in the EIC in the late 18th century that Yorrick was a variant of George (in addition to being a skull in Hamlet?)? Could it be that in his capacity as Writer in the Bengal Division, George Cumming had encounters with people from the Danish EIC and learned from them that their name Jorck was translated as Yorrick??? Frances

Further to the Yorrick topic - When I said it was an old name for York - I mean the town in England - York - as in Yorkshire. Cheers Ainslie.