Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex

Algernon Capel, 2nd Earl of Essex, portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
Algernon Capell as a boy, portrait by a follower of Willem Wissing (1656–1687), Watford Museum, Hertfordshire, Cassiobury Collection
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 Cashiobury 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. He was Colonel of the 4th Dragoons between 1693 and 1710 and in 1708 was made a Privy Counselor by Queen Anne.

Marriage & progeny

On 28 February 1698 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
  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 by
The Viscount Fitzhardinge
Colonel of the Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Dragoons
1693–1710
Succeeded by
Sir Richard Temple
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