Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury KB, PC (6 March 1638 – 30 May 1696) was a seventeenth century English politician.
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Born in Hadham Parva, Hertfordshire, Capell was the son of the 1st Baron Capell of Hadham and Elizabeth Morrison, and brother of the 1st Earl of Essex.
Invested as a Knight of the Order of the Bath on 23 April 1661, he was a member of the Irish Privy Council from April 1673 to March 1684/85. Capell was also First Lord of the Admiralty between February 1679 to February 1681, and Lord of the Treasury and Member of Parliament (MP) for Cockermouth between 1689 and 1690. A member of the English Privy Council from 22 April 1679 to 31 January 1679/80, he was invested again on 14 February 1688/89. On 11 April 1692, he was ennobled as Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, in the County of Gloucester. One year later he became Lord Justice of Ireland and in turn a Privy Councillor of Ireland in June 1693. In 1695 and 1696, Capell was finally Lord Deputy of Ireland.
On 16 February 1658/59, he married Dorothy Bennet, daughter of Richard Bennet. Their marriage was childless. He died, aged 58 in Chapelizod, County Dublin, and was buried on 8 September 1696 in Hadham, Hertfordshire. The barony died with him.
| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Unknown |
Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury 1660–1685 With: Richard Dowdeswell (1) 1660–1673 Sir Francis Russell, Bt 1673–1685 |
Succeeded by Richard Dowdeswell (2) Sir Francis Russell, Bt |
| Preceded by Sir Daniel Fleming Sir Orlando Gee |
Member of Parliament for Cockermouth 1689–1690 With: Henry Fletcher |
Succeeded by Sir Wilfrid Lawson Sir Orlando Gee |
| Preceded by Richard Dowdeswell (2) Sir Francis Russell, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury 1690–1692 With: Richard Dowdeswell (2) |
Succeeded by Richard Dowdeswell (2) Sir Francis Winnington |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine (Lord High Admiral) |
First Lord of the Admiralty 1679–1681 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Nottingham |
| Preceded by Lords Justices |
Lord Deputy of Ireland 1695–1696 |
Succeeded by Lords Justices |
| Peerage of England | ||
| New creation | Baron Capell of Tewkesbury 1692–1696 |
Extinct |