Early Life
Stourton was born in the British protectorate of Southern Nigeria as his father was based there and educated at the now defunct RC Prep School Avisford in Walberton, and then at Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire. He was Head Boy in his final year at both establishments. While at Ampleforth he befriended future High Court judge Nicholas Mostyn, who also the son of a Nigerian-based BAT executive, and the duo won the national Observer Mace debating prize. He read English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge gaining a 2:1, and serving as editor on the student magazine Rampage.
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