He was born in
Nuwara Eliya,
Ceylon in 1869; his father was
George Wall. His daughter Hilary married the adult educator
Norman Richmond in 1926. He is the brother of
Rowena Seymour, Duchess of Somerset and the uncle of
Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset. He was educated at
Harrow School and
Christ's College, Cambridge. He left
Cambridge in 1897, having written his thesis on Scandinavian elements in English dialects. == Career ==