Early Life and Family of Nicholas Condy Nicholas Condy was born into a life shaped by the coastal landscape of Cornwall. He was baptised on 2 April 1793 in Withiel, a village where his family roots were firmly planted. His father, also named Nicholas Condy, was a man of Mevagissey, and his mother, Elizabeth Thomas, had married him a few years earlier, on 28 June 1790. While some records suggest his birth may have occurred in Torpoint,…