 Early novels hint that he was part of the Royal Family but this suggestion is dropped in later works.He was educated at Rugby School and the (fictitious) St. Ignatius' College, Cambridge (according to a mini-biography included in "Sweet Danger"; this is also hinted at in "Police at the Funeral").Ingenious, resourceful and well-educated, in his 20s he assumed the name Campion and began a life as an adventurer and detective.