Background and Education
Follett was born at Topsham in Devon, the son of Captain Benjamin Follett, who had retired from the army in 1790 and gone into business, and his wife Ann Webb, daughter of John Webb. His younger brother was Brent Spencer Follett. Follett received his education at Exeter grammar school and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1818.
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