His education began in earnest with attendance at Aberdeen grammar school, from which, via a small private school in Dulwich, he made the transition to Harrow School
and then to Trinity College, Cambridge
.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Dedications
Laetitia-Matilda Hawkins
Her dedication of this book to the Rev. George Townsend
of Trinity College, Cambridge
, praises his Biblical scholarship. Her preface says that her publisher was willing to risk
Hawkins, Laetitia-Matilda. Devotional Exercises Extracted from Bishop Patrick’s Christian Sacrifice.