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He was born in Nunthorpe, Yorkshire, and educated at the King’s School, Canterbury before attending Corpus where he achieved a Pass degree in Greek and Roman History and Political Theory and Institutions in 1897, as well as Greek Philosophy and History in 1898. He fought in Lord Methuen’s forces in the South African War and then set up in business in Winnipeg and Saskatoon, Canada. He married in 1904 to Doreen Maud, daughter of the Hon Reginald Parker, and re-enlisted again on 22 September 1914.