De Candole was born on 25 May 1895 into a clerical family – his father was the Ven.
Henry Lawe Corry Vully de Candole, who had two brothers:- • The Rev. Armar Corry Vully de Candole (13 June 1869 – Q4, 1941), who was married on 19 December 1897 in Paris to Edith Hodgson. • The Rev. James Alexander Corry Vully de Candole (25 May 1871 in Kensington – 3 May 1917 at Ipswich) who was married on 8 August 1900 at Motherwell, Scotland to Mary Paterson (born 8 August 1876). De Candole's mother was Helen (Edith) Thompson (1860–1930), the daughter of
Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet and
Lady Kate Thompson, née Loder H. H. V. de Candole was a grandson of Henry Sundius Vully de Candole (25 June 1841 at Bierlow, Yorks – May 1877 at Barton Regis, Glocs) and his wife Emily Roe Lawe (born in India in 1843; died in London in March 1899). His only sibling was
Alexander Corry de Candole, the "War Poet" (born 26 January 1897 at Cheltenham, k.i.a. Bonningues, 3 September 1918) see "A Deep Cry" == Education ==