Frank de Sales, a convert to traditional Roman Catholicism, was born in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. Despite a well-off background in a progressive Protestant family, attending private schools, he ambled through school life without being particularly interested, or good, at anything. After school he was drafted into the apartheid army where he personified every good argument against conscription before having to learn to look after himself.

He now holds a series of degrees, works as a lawyer and is married with a young son. He collects pets and is interested in martial arts and fascinated by history and language. He serves at the altar for a Traditional Latin Mass every Sunday.