Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife shi 3 ga Nuwamba 1721, ya shiga Makarantar Merchant Taylors 'yana ɗan shekara goma sha biyu, kuma ya ci gaba daga can (1739) zuwa Kwalejin St John, Oxford, a matsayin ɗan takara. Bayan kammala karatunsa (M.A. 1746), kuma ya dauki umarni mai tsarki, ya zama firist ga dakarun, kuma ya yi aiki tare da rundunar sarki a lokacin tawayen 'yan Scots a 1746, kuma daga baya a
Siege na St. Philip ta Castle, Minorca.