Walpole waxa uu galay Eton College sanadkii 1690 halkaas oo loo tixgeliyey "a scholar aad u fiican". Waxa uu ka tagay Eton 2 April 1696 oo matriculated at King's College, Cambridge isla maalintaas. On 25 May 1698, waxa uu ka tagay Cambridge ka dib dhimashadii uu walaalkiis keliya ka hadhay ka weyn, Edward, si uu u caawin karo aabbihiis 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.
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