He was born at the family mansion, Englefield House, near Reading, Berkshire,
I was Born In Reading and lived 12 miles away, I grew up near a manor house that was empty and a mates mum was a caretaker, we snuck off and found a room full of floor to ceiling shelfs...? we climbed them and went around the room without touching the floor......
Turns out it was a library, owned by Alexander Pope the poet ...... that was a childhood memory I never forgot when I found out who it was owned by......