Walpole akapinda Eton College muna 1690 apo aionekwa se "mudzidzi akanaka kwazvo". Akasiya Eton musi wa 2 Kubvumbi 1696 ndokunyoresa kuKing's College, Cambridge musi iwoyo. Musi wa 25 Chivabvu 1698, akabva kuCambridge mushure mekufa kwemukoma wake mukuru chete akasara, Edward, kuitira kuti abatsire baba vake kutarisira nhaka yemhuri iyo yaakanga ava mugari wenhaka. Walpole akanga aronga kuva mufundisi asi sezvo iye zvino akanga ari mwanakomana wedangwe mupenyu mumhuri, akasiya pfungwa yacho. MunaNovember 1700 baba vake vakafa, uye Robert akabudirira kutora nhaka yeWalpole. Pepa riri muruoko rwababa vake, rakanyorwa musi wa 9 Chikumi 1700, rinoratidza kuti imba yemhuri muNorfolk neSuffolk yakabvumira varume vapfumbamwe muNorfolk neSuffolk muCambridge musi iwoyo.
25 May 1698