Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex

Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex PC (28 December 1670^[1] – 10 January 1710, Watford) was an English nobleman, a soldier and courtier. He was the son of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex^[2] and Elizabeth Percy. 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; was Colonel of the 4th Dragoons between 1693 and 1710; and was made a Privy Counselor in 1708 by Queen Anne.

Family

Algernon Capell married Mary Bentinck, daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland and Anne Villiers on 28 February 1698. The couple had three children.^[3]

Issue:^[4]

William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex (1697–1743), married twice.

1st: Lady Jane Hyde (d. January 1723/24), daughter of the 4th Earl of Clarendon. The marriage produced two daughters.
2nd: Lady Elizabeth Russell (d. 8 June 1784), daughter of the 2nd Duke of Bedford. Their son, William, became the 4th Earl of Essex.

Lady Mary Capel (d. 12 November 1762), married Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton (d. 8 June 1747), had issue.
Lady Elizabeth Capell. She married twice, 1st: Samuel Molyneux, 2nd: Nathaniel St. André. Both marriages were childless.

References

^ 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.
^ Algernon Capell, National Portrait Gallery, accessed May 2009
^ Crofts Peerage, Earls of Essex
^ 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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Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Shewsbury	Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire 1692–1710	Succeeded by The Lord Cowper
Preceded by The Earl of Abingdon	Constable of the Tower Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets 1706–1710	Succeeded by The Earl Rivers
Peerage of England
Preceded by Arthur Capell	Earl of Essex 1683–1710	Succeeded by William Capell

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Name	Essex, Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl Of
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Date of birth	1654
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Date of death	10 January 1710
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