Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akaberekwa 3 November 1721, akapinda Merchant Taylors' School pazera remakore gumi nemaviri, uye akaenderera mberi (1739) kuSt John's College, Oxford, somunhu ari kuedzwa. Pashure pokupedza kufunda (M.A. 1746), uye kutora mirairo mitsvene, akava mufundisi kumasimba, uye akabatira nehurumende yamambo pachake munguva yokupandukira kweScotland muna 1746, uye pashure pacho pa
Kukombwa kweSt. Philip's Castle, Minorca.