Education
He was educated at Temple Grove Preparatory School (1920–25) and then at Eton (1925–31), where he played cricket for the school 2nd XI. He subsequently went on to New College, Oxford (1931–34), where he graduated with a third in History in 1934. At Oxford he was a keen cricketer, keeping wicket for his college team, Oxford Authentics, and also for the Eton Ramblers and I Zingari, but he never managed to progress to the Varsity side.
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