He was educated at Eton and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. as 8th Wrangler in 1798 and graduated MA in 1801. Admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 23 January 1798, he was registered as a Barrister-at-Law in 1803.
A student of Eton and St. John's College, Cambridge, he excelled academically as the eighth highest graduate with a B.A. in 1798 and an MA in 1801. He joined Lincoln's Inn on January 23, 1798, and became a Barrister-at-Law in 1803.