UCumberbatch ngokwakhe wavuma ukuthi indima yakhe yomhleli "iminyaka eyi-12 yobugqila", eyenza yonke imizamo yokukhipha enye yezigqila, kanye nokubamba iqhaza kwayo ekupendweni kukaNdunankulu uWilliam Pitt Jr ., isidina ngobugqila eMbusweni waseBrithani waseBrithani, lolu uhlobo lokuxolisa lomndeni wakhe.
Inkanyezi yaseBrithani ngaphambili yathi igama lakhe lalivamile phakathi kwemindeni evela emazweni aseCaribbean sibonga ama-progenitors awo. Engxoxweni, waze wathi umama wakhe, umlingisi uWanda Ventam, owayedlala, ngendlela yokugcina, umama weSherlock waxwayisa ukuthi angasebenzisi igama lakhe lokugcina embonini yamafilimu, njengoba ekholelwa ukuthi angabhekana nakho Izimangalo zokubuyiselwa kwemali kusuka ezizukulwaneni zezigqila.
Ngenkathi imindeni yamacala kaCumberbet ayizange ibeke phansi, izizwe eziyi-14 zeCaribbean ngonyaka owedlule zamemezela ukuthi zizodinga ukunxeshezelwa kwalowo owayekhona ngamakhono amakoloni: iBrithani, eFrance kanye neNetherlands. Amazwe aqashe inkampani ye-london yabameli asevele ahlinzeke ngokukhokhwa kwezihlobo zeKenytsev ezahlukunyezwa phakathi nohulumeni wamakoloni weGreat Britain ngawo-1950. Lezi ziqhingi zithi zizokwenza umonakalo "wokusungula" futhi uzodinga ukuxolisa kanye nokubuyiselwa kwemali yokulahleka kwemali. IBrithani ikhansele umhwebi wenceku ngo-1807.
UCumberbetti ubephakathi kwemindeni eminingi ecebile eyakha isimo sawo ekuhwebeni kwezigqila.