He was born in Westminster, the second son of Samuel Hayhurst Lucas, a London corn-merchant, who was a member of the Society of Friends. He was educated at a Quaker school in Darlington, and then at University College, London.
He was born in Westminster, the second son of Samuel Hayhurst Lucas, a businessman from London who belonged to the Society of Friends. He studied at a school for Quakers in Darlington and later attended University College, London.