Born at Portsea, he was a brilliant student, sent to the University of Edinburgh by Dr. Porter (to whom he was apprenticed), he took his final exams after only two years study.
Born at Portsea, he was a brilliant student. Sent to the University of Edinburgh by Dr. John Porter, M.D., first president of the Portsmouth and Portsea Literary and Philosophical Society, to whom he was apprenticed, Engledue took his final exams after only two years study.