He was educated at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School, where he formed lasting friendships with James Spedding, Edward FitzGerald, and John Mitchell Kemble, the Anglo-Saxon scholar.
He was educated at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School. He formed lasting friendships with James Spedding. He formed lasting friendships with Edward FitzGerald. He formed lasting friendships with John Mitchell Kemble-Saxon scholar. John Mitchell Kemble was the Anglo.