Early Life and Education
Born in London, England, Conrad Fulke Thomond O’Brien-ffrench was the second son of Henry Albert De Vreque O'Brien-ffrench (Marquis de Castelthomond) and his wife Winifred Thursby, heiress and daughter of Major James Legh Thursby, of Ormerod House Lancashire.
He and his older brother Rollo (Rollo Adrien Vladimir Thursby Marie Altieri O'Brien-ffrench) spent their early childhood in Italy at Villa Torlonia (Frascati) in the Albany Hills, east of Rome, and then at Piazza dell'Indipendenza in Florence, where they received private tutoring in English, French and Italian. Returning to England, Conrad joined Rollo at the Wick, a preparatory school in the Hove district of Brighton. Following Rollo's graduation, Conrad completed his prep school at St. Aubyns School in Rottingdean, after which he attended Bradley Court Agricultural College in the Forest of Dean, where he developed his lifelong interest in horsemanship, fox hunting and other country pursuits, and became a junior member of the Ledbury Hunt. During these years his other siblings, Yvonne (Yvonne Castelthomond O'Brien-ffrench) and Alexis (Alexis Evelyn Henry O'Brien-ffrench), were born.
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