When he was ten years old he was sent to boarding school at Dunchurch near Rugby, then after three years he entered Winchester College, one of the oldest of the great independent schools of England situated in Winchester, Hampshire.
Kapag siya ay sampung taon gulang na siya ay ipinadala sa paaralan at Dunchurch malapit sa Rugby, at pagkatapos, pagkatapos ng tatlong taon na siya ipinasok Winchester College, isa sa mga pinakalumang ng magandang independiyenteng mga paaralan ng Inglatera nakatayo sa Winchester, Hampshire.