Walpole gara ụlọ akwụkwọ nkeonwe na Massingham, Norfolk. Walpole banyere Eton College na 1690 ebe a na-ewere ya dị ka "onye ọkà mmụta magburu onwe ya". Ọ hapụrụ Eton na 2 Eprel 1696 wee banye na King's College, Cambridge n'otu ụbọchị ahụ. Na 25 Mee 1698, ọ hapụrụ Cambridge mgbe ọnwụ nke naanị nwanne ya nwoke nke fọdụrụ, Edward, ka o wee nyere nna ya aka na-elekọta ihe nketa ezinụlọ nke ọ ghọrọ onye nketa. Walpole zubere ịghọ onye ụkọchukwu ma ebe ọ bụ ugbu a ọ bụ nwa nwoke kacha okenye na ezinụlọ, ọ hapụrụ echiche ahụ. Na November 1700, nna ya nwụrụ, Robert wee nwee ike inweta ala Walpole. Otu akwụkwọ akụkọ na aka nna ya, nke e dere na June 9 1700, na-egosi na ezinụlọ ezinụlọ dị na Norfolk na Suffolk na-ekwe ka mmadụ itoolu na Norfolk na otu nwoke nọ na Norfolk na Cambridge n'otu ụbọchị ahụ.
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