Walpole waxa uu galay Eton College sanadkii 1690 halkaas oo loo tixgeliyey "a scholar aad u fiican". Waxa uu ka tagay Eton April 2, 1696 oo matriculated at King's College, Cambridge isla maalintaas. On May 25, 1698, ayuu ka tagay Cambridge ka dib markii uu dhintay oo kaliya walaalkiis ka hadhay ka weyn, Edward, si uu u caawin karo aabihiis maamulo hantida qoyska oo uu noqday dhaxalka. Walpole ayaa qorsheeyay inuu noqdo wadaad laakiin sida uu hadda ahaa ina ugu da'da weyn ee ka badbaaday qoyska, ayuu ka tagay fikradda. In November 1700 aabihiis, oo Robert ku guulaystay in ay dhaxlaan hantida Walpole. Warqad in uu aabihiis qorista gacanta, taariikhaysan June 9, 1700, muujinaysaa hantida qoyska ee Norfolk iyo Suffolk in ay oggolaadeen in sagaal nin oo ku dhashay guud ahaan America ee Norfolk iyo mid ka mid ah Norfolk ee Cambridge isla maalintaas.
25ka Maajo 1698