Helen Comberbach 1762-1818
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Helen Comberbach was thought to be about 18 years old when this portrait of her was painted.
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Read her biography here.
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George William Marhall published "Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of Comberbach" in 1866. This was the first study of the surname Comberbach. George's mother's maiden surname was Comberbach. Read his biography here.
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Claudia Jones' "Autobiographical History"
Read the autobiography of Claudia Vera Cumberbatch aka Claudia Jones. "Mother of the Notting Hill Carnival."
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History of Comberbach
COMBERBACH, a township in that part of the parish of Great Budworth which is in the hundred of Bucklow, county palatine of Chester, 3 miles (N. by W.) from Northwich, containing 226 inhabitants.
Val Cumberbatch
Barrow and England Rugby League Player
Brothers Val and Jimmy Cumberbatch both played rugby league. Val Cumberbatch was a strong and popular player for Barrow and won a single cap for England scoring a try in his international debut. Val Cumberbatch played in Barrow's first Cup Final at Wembley and in 1947 he and four other Barrow players, the "Big Five", were the beneficiaries of a several tesimonial games for their service to the club.
Read about Valentine Cumberbatch, Barrow and the "Big Five" testimonial here.
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Jimmy Cumberbatch scores two tries in his debut against France
Viv Anderson broke through as the first black player to represent England at football in 1978, but rugby league had already beaten this achievement by more than forty years when Jimmy Cumberbatch ran out for England against France in 1937By Bob Cumberbatch www.cumberbatch.org
A Cricketing Cumberbatch Family
Beyond a Boundary - Barbados cricket clubs were exclusively for whites until Graham Trent Cumberbatch changed the face of cricket by helping to establish the Spartan Cricket Club in 1893. The three Cs paved the way for the cricketing greats to come including one of the three Ws.
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Umpire Clyde Cumberbatch, right, with fellow umpire Lloyd Barker of Barbados. A fast bowler turned cricket umpire from Trinidad. Read about his career as a cricketer turned umpire.
Growing up, I remember seeing Cricket Umpire Clyde Cumberbatch on the television. So I knew back then that there was another Cumberbatch out there. By Bob Cumberbatch www.cumberbatch.org
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Cumberbatch Coats of Arms
The coats of arms, bookplate and heraldry of people with the surname Cumberbatch.
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Cumberlege Coats of Arms
The coats of arms, bookplate and heraldry of people with the surname Cumberlege.
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Comberbach Coats of Arms
The coats of arms, bookplate and heraldry of people with the surname Comberbach.
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Cumberbatch of USA in 1880