Education
In 1887 Amery went to Harrow, where he was a contemporary of Winston Churchill. Amery represented Harrow at gymnastics and held the top position in examinations for a number of years, also winning prizes and scholarships.
After Harrow Amery went to Balliol College, Oxford, where he performed well: he gained a First at in classical moderations in 1894; in literae humaniores in 1896; he was proxime accessit (runner-up) to the Craven scholar in 1894 and Ouseley scholar in Turkish in 1896, also winning a half-blue in cross-country running.
He was elected a fellow of All Souls College. Undoubtedly bright, he could speak Hindi at the age of three - Amery was born in India and he would naturally have acquired the language of his ayah (nanny) - and could converse in French, German, Italian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Serbian and Hungarian.
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