lˈaɪk hɪz fˈɑːðɚ ænd ˈʌŋkəlz, hiː ɐtˈɛndᵻd ðɪ ˈɛdɪnbʌɹə ɐkˈædəmi, ˈæftɚ wˌɪtʃ hiː wɛnt ˌʌp tə bˌælɪˈɑːl kˈɑːlɪdʒ, ˈɑːksfɚd tə ɹˈiːd hˈɪstɚɹi.
Like his father and uncles, he attended the Edinburgh Academy, after which he went up to Balliol College, Oxford to read history.