 Dissatisfied with the education, and evangelical influences, of Eton, the Spencers removed him from the school at Christmas 1814.George's education was then continued under the direction of one Reverend Charles James Blomfield of Buckinghamshire who both provided a more classical education for the boy and prepared him for the sacrament of confirmation.In October 1817 George went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied divinity.