Capell as a boy, portrait by a follower of Willem Wissing (1656–1687)
Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller
1701 bookplate of the 2nd Earl with armorials of Capell: Gules, a lion rampant between three cross-crosslets fitcheé or

Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex PC (28 December 1670[1] – 10 January 1710, Watford) of Cassiobury House, Watford, Hertfordshire, was an English nobleman, a soldier and courtier.

Origins

He was the son of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex[2] (1631–1683) by his wife Elizabeth Percy, a daughter of Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland.

Career

After his father's suicide in 1683, Capell became the 2nd Earl of Essex. He held the office of Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King William III between 1691 and 1702. As Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire he was Colonel of the Hertfordshire Militia in 1697. He was Colonel of the 4th Dragoons between 1693 and 1710. In 1708 was made a Privy Counsellor by Queen Anne.

Marriage and children

Lady Mary Capell (née Bentinck), Countess of Essex, circa 1698 from the studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller and now in the Watford Museum.

On 28 February 1692 Algernon Capell married Mary Bentinck, a daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland by his wife Anne Villiers, by whom he had three children:[3] [4]

References

  1. ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1348.
  2. ^ Algernon Capell, National Portrait Gallery, accessed May 2009
  3. ^ Crofts Peerage, Earls of Essex Archived 2010-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 52.

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Military offices Preceded byThe Viscount Fitzhardinge Colonel of the Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Dragoons 1693–1710 Succeeded bySir Richard Temple Honorary titles Preceded byThe Earl of Shrewsbury Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire 1692–1710 Succeeded byThe Lord Cowper Preceded byThe Earl of Abingdon Constable of the TowerLord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets 1706–1710 Succeeded byThe Earl Rivers Peerage of England Preceded byArthur Capell Earl of Essex 1683–1710 Succeeded byWilliam Capell
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