Education
As a child, Wainwright was educated at the independent Shrewsbury School in the county town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire. Through an open scholarship he was able to attend Clare College, Cambridge (BA History, 1938). It was whilst studying for his degree that he developed his interest for the Liberal Party, as a member of the Cambridge University Liberal Club.
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