Jacob Rees-Mogg - Early Life

Early Life

Rees-Mogg grew up in Ston Easton in Somerset, before being educated at Eton and subsequently read history at Trinity College, Oxford, becoming president of the University Conservative Association. Rees-Mogg was a member and frequent debater at the Oxford Union Society, where he was elected Librarian (its #2 post), but later fell short in his bid for President.

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