 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Drinkwater akabva kumhuri yekare yeLiverpool uye akaberekwa musi wa 28 March 1812. Sekuru vake vakanga vari James Drinkwater, Mayor weLiverpool muna 1810 uyo akaroora Miss Elinor Leece, weBallamona, Braddan. Rugare rurefu rweEurope, rwakatevera Hondo yeWaterloo, zvakaita kuti vana vakawanda vokuEngland vatumirwe kuFrance kunodzidza, pakati pavo paiva naWilliam Leece Drinkwater, uyo akapinda Angoulëme College ndokuva nyanzvi yechiFrench. Akazoenda kuRoyal Institution School muLiverpool ndokuzoenda kuSt Johns College, Cambridge. Akapedza kudzidza aine dhigirii reBA muna 1834 uye akazotora dhigirii reMA. Akadanwa kuEnglish Bar Inner Temple muna 1837 uye akazoita basa mudunhu rekuchamhembe achishanda semubati wenhau muCommon Pleas Division. 