CAPELL / CAPEL
Earls of Essex
Part 1
Sir William Capell, d.6 Sep 1515; m.Margaret, dau of Sir
John Arundell, of Lanherne
1a) Sir Giles, of Raines Hall; m.1st Mary Ross
(dsp); m.2nd Isabel Newton
1b) Sir Henry, of Raines Hall;
m. Hon. Anne Manners
1c) Arthur, dvpsp
2c) Edward, dvpsp
3c) John, dvpsp
4c) Robert, dvpsp
5c) Anne, dvp
6c) Mary, dvp
7c) Agnes, dvp
8c) Frances,
dvp
9c) Gabriel, dvp
2b) Sir Edward, of Raines Hall;
m.Anne Pelham
1c) Sir Henry; m.1st
Mary Browne (dsp), sister of Viscount Montagu, and widow of Lord John Grey; m.2nd
Lady Catherine Manners
1d) Sir Arthur; m.Margaret, dau
of Lord John Grey by his marriage to Mary Browne, first wife of Arthur’s
father
1e) Sir Henry, dvp; m.1st Theodosia, sister of 1st Lord
Montagu of Boughton and of the 1st Earl of Manchester; m.2nd
Dorothy, widow of Sir Thomas Hoskins
[by 1st
m.]:
1f) Arthur, of Hadham Parva (20
Feb 1604-26
Jan 1661), cr 1641 Baron Capell of Hadham;
m.28 Nov 1627 Elizabeth
(d.26 Jan 1661), dau of Sir Charles Morrison, Bt., heiress of Cashiobury
1g) Elizabeth,
d.young
2g) Theodosia, d.young
3g) Mary (bap 16 Dec 1630-7 Jan 1715);
m.1st 28 Jun 1648
Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp (1626-14 Mar 1654); m.2nd 17 Aug 1657 Henry Somerset,
Duke of Beaufort (1629-21 Jan 1700)
4g) Arthur, 2nd Lord
Capell, cr Earl of Essex; for him and
his issue see Part 2
5g) Elizabeth
(bap 4 Jun 1633-30
Jul 1678); m.by 1653 Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon (25 Oct 1632-29 Nov 1709)
6g) Henry, cr 1692 Baron Capell
of Tewkesbury (bap 6 Mar 1638-30 May 1696); m.ca 1659
Dorothy Bennet (d.7 Jun 1721 [per GEC; 6 Jun 1721, per Collins])
7g) Theodosia (bap 3 Jan 1640-bur 22 Mar 1662); m.Jan 1661
Henry Hyde, Viscount Cornbury [later, 2nd Earl of Clarendon] (2 Jun 1638-31 Oct 1809)
8g) Edward
9g) Charles
10g) Anne; m.John Strangeways, of Melbury Sandford
2f) Elizabeth
(26 Jan 1612-6
Apr 1660); m.Sir William Wiseman, of Canfield Hall
3f) Theodosia; m.Edward Kemeys,
of Keven Mabley [Cefn
Mabley]; he was presumably the older brother of Sir Nicholas Kemeys, 1st
Bt., who is said to have inherited Keven Mabley from
his great-niece [presumably granddaughter of this Kemeys/Capell marriage] in
1637
4f) Margaret
[by 2nd
m.]:
5f) Anne; m.Thomas Westrow
2e) Edward
3e) Arthur
4e) Robert
5e) Humphrey
6e) William
7e) Giles
8e) John
9e) Roger
10e) Rev. Gamaliel, d.21 Dec
1683 [if the footnote in Collins is correct]; m.NN
1f) William, d.25 Dec 1685;
m.Jane Clarke à two sons
2f) Rev. Edward
1g) Rev. Gamaliel, of Stanton,
d.1758; m.Esther Maddocks
1h) Rev. Robert, d.3 Nov 1781
2h) Edward, of Stanton and Troston, d.23 Jan 1780
3h) Anne, d.9 Feb 1778;
m.Christopher Lofft (d.3 Feb 1772)
11e) James
12e) Mary
13e) Penelope; m.Litton Pulter
14e) Anne [Collins said she
m.Robert Chester, but
Query whether that is a mistake for her aunt Anne; note, too, that there is
another dau named Anne]
15e) Catherine
16e) Winifrede;
m.Sir Thomas Bedell
17e) Elizabeth
(bap 18 Nov 1591-1646);
m.1st Sir Justinian Lewin, of Otterden;
m.2nd 18 Mar 1623
Sir Ralph Hopton, cr 1643 Baron Hopton of Stratton (bap 13 Mar 1596-8 Oct 1652)
18e) Margaret
19e) Anne, d.1624/5; m. Sir
John Corbet, of Sprowston, Bt. (ca 1591-19 Jan 1628)
20e) Mary (bap 20 Mar 1597-2 Jun 1670);
m.5 Nov 1616 Henry Ley, 2nd Earl of Marlborough
(d.1 Apr 1638)
2d) William
3d) Edward
4d) Robert, d.young
5d) John
6d) Gamaliel
7d) Robert
8d) Frances;
m.Sir John Shirley
9d) Anne; m. Sir Robert
Chester, of Widdington
10d) Mary, d.12 Oct 1633;
m.Humphrey Mildmay, of Danbury
2c) Giles
3c) Elizabeth;
m.John Wentworth
4c) Anne; m.Ralph Hide
5c) Mary; m.Wistan
Brown
6c) Grace; m.John Burton
(d.1586)
3b) dau; m.Robert Ward, of Kirby
Bedon
2a) Elizabeth; m.William Paulet, Marquess of Winchester
(d.10 Mar 1572)
3a) Dorothy; m.John La Zouche, 8th Lord Zouche
(d.10 Aug 1550)
Part 2
Arthur Capell (bap 28 Jan 1632-13 Jul 1683), 2nd Lord
Capell of Hadham (see Part 1), was cr 1661 Earl of
Essex and Viscount Malden, with remainder to the issue male of his father; he
m.19 May 1653 Lady Elizabeth Percy (1
Dec 1636-6 Feb 1718)
1a) Algernon, d.young
2a) Charles, d.young
3a) Arthur, d.young
4a) Henry, d.young
5a) Algernon, 2nd Earl of Essex
(28 Dec 1670-10
Jan 1710); m.28 Feb 1692 Lady Mary Bentinck (1679-20 Aug 1726)
1b) William, 3rd Earl
of Essex (1697-8 Jan 1743); m.1st
27 Nov 1718
Lady Jane Hyde (d.3 Jan 1724); m.2nd 3 Feb 1726 Lady Elizabeth Russell (d.8 Jun
1784)
[by 1st
m.]:
1c) Caroline
2c) Jane
3c) Charlotte
(2 Oct 1721-3
Sep 1790); m.30 Mar 1752 Thomas Villiers, Earl of Clarendon (1709-11 Dec 1786)
4c) Mary (13 Oct 1722-9 Apr 1782);
m.25 Aug 1758 Hon. John Forbes (d.10 Mar 1796)
[by 2nd
m.]:
3c) Elizabeth,
d.young
4c) William George, Viscount
Malden (16 Jan 1728-16
Apr 1728)
5c) Diana (22 Feb 1728-22 Sep 1780
[per 1831 Debrett’s; Collins says 22 Sep 1800]); as for her date of birth, it is
as given in the sources, but conflicts with that given for her brother William
George; probably one of them was b.1729
6c) Anne (13 May 1730-8 Jan 1804)
7c) Amelia (9 Sep 1731-d.young)
8c) William Anne Holles CAPEL,
4th Earl of Essex (7 Oct 1732-4 Mar 1799); m.1st
1 Aug 1754
Frances Hanbury-Williams (d.19 Jul 1759), maternal gdau of Thomas, Earl of
Coningsby; m.2nd 2
Mar 1767 Harriet Bladen (d.12 Mar 1821)
[by 1st
m.]:
1d) Elizabeth
(10 Aug 1755-23
Feb 1834); m.18 Jul 1777 John Monson, 3rd Lord Monson (25 May 1753-20 May 1806)
2d) George CAPEL-CONINGSBY, 5th
Earl of Essex (13 Nov 1757-23 Apr 1839); m.1st
6 Jun 1786 Mrs
Sarah Stephenson, née Bazett (d.16 Jan 1838); m.2nd
14 Apr 1838
Catherine Stephens (18 Sep
1794-22 Feb 1882)
1e)
[illegitimate] Harriet (ca 1806-14 May 1837); m.1824 Richard Ford
3d) Frances
(19 Jul 1759
[per Debrett’s 1831 and Lodge 1861; Collins says 14 Jul 1759]-25 Jul 1759)
[by 2nd
m.]:
4d) John Thomas (2 Mar 1769-5 Mar 1819); m.2
Apr 1792 Lady Caroline Paget (6
Feb 1773-9 Jul 1847)
1e) Harriett Jane (19 Feb 1793 [per Lodge
1861; Collins says 17 Mar 1793]-24 Jun 1819); m.26 Dec 1817
David Okeden Parry-Okeden,
of Moor Critchell (d.28 Oct 1833)
2e) Caroline (Sep 1794-d.young)
3e) Georgiana (13 May 1795-19 Oct 1835);
m.1st 16 Aug 1821
Ralph Smyth, of Gaybrooke (1800-1827); m.2nd
18 Jun 1831
Pierce O'Brien Butler,
of Dunboyne Castle
4e) Maria, d.30 Dec 1856; m.13
Dec 1821 Marquis Marius d'Espinassy de Fontanelle
5e) Louisa Anne, d.28 Jul 1842;
m.Nov 1827 Cte Auguste d'Espinassy de Fontanelle
6e) Arthur Algernon CAPEL, 1880
CAPELL, 6th Earl of Essex (27 Jan 1803-11 Sep 1892); m.1st
14 Jul 1825
Lady Caroline Janetta Beauclerk (28
Jun 1804-22
Aug 1862); m.2nd 3 Jun 1863 Lady Louisa Caroline Elizabeth
Boyle (3 Jun 1833-5
May 1876); m.3rd 25
Apr 1881 Lady George Paget, née Louisa Elizabeth Heneage
(d.25 Jan 1914)
1f) Arthur de Vere, Viscount
Malden (London 22 Jul 1826-London 10 Mar 1879); m.London 23 Jan 1853 Emma Martha Meux (20 Dec 1822-London 22 Nov 1905)
1g) Maud de Vere (21 Jul 1855-1921)
2g) Evelyn de Vere (28 Jun 1856-13 Nov 1939); m.5
Sep 1883 Hon. Eustace Henry Dawnay (15
Apr 1850-15 Dec 1928)
3g) George Devereux de Vere, 7th
Earl of Essex (London 24 Oct 1857-Stanley
House, Newmarket 25 Sep 1916); m.1st London
12 Jul 1882
Eleanor Harriet Mary Harford (Lawrenceweston, Glocs
28 May 1860-Cannes 31 Dec 1885); m.2nd London
14 Dec 1893
Adela Grant (d.28 Jul 1922)
1h) Algernon George de Vere, 8th
Earl of Essex (London 21 Feb 1884-8 Dec
1966); m.1st Cirencester 28
Sep 1905 (div 1926) Mary Eveline Stewart Freeman (d.30 Oct
1955); m.2nd 10 Feb
1926 (div 1950) Alys Montgomery Falkiner; m.3rd 10 Dec 1950 (div 1956)
Mildred Carlson; m.4th 1957 Christine Mary Davis (d.1985)
1i) Reginald George de Vere, 9th
Earl of Essex (9 Oct 1906-18 May 1981); m.1st 2 Mar 1937 (div 1957) Mary
Reeve Ward; m.2nd Nov 1957 Nona Isobel Miller (d.Jan 1997)
2h) Iris Mary Athenais (8 Jun 1895-4 Oct 1977)
3h) Joan Rachel de Vere (28 Feb 1899-1979); m.19 Jun
1922 Osbert Peake, Viscount Ingleby (30 Dec 1897-11 Oct 1966)
4g) Sybil de Vere (29 Nov 1858-20 Feb 1934);
m.18 Sep 1890 Thomas Brassey, Earl Brassey (16 Aug 1836-23 Feb 1918)
5g) Randolph
de Vere (1 Nov 1865-Apr
1912)
2f) Adela Caroline (4 Mar 1828-Edinburgh 31 Dec 1860); m.Dublin 4
Nov 1858 Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl
of Eglinton & Winton (29 Sep
1812-4 Oct 1861)
3f) Reginald Algernon (3 Oct 1830-31 Jul 1906); m.23 April
1858 [per Lodge 1861; Burke’s says 24 Apr 1858] Mary Eliza Fazakerley
(d.19 Jun 1911)
4f) Randolph
Alfred (28 Mar 1832-24
Dec 1857 [1858, per Burke’s)
5f) Arthur Algernon (27 Jul 1864-18 Feb 1940);
m.23 Dec 1890 Isabel Anne Wilson (d.19 Feb 1939)
1g) Constance Audrey (21 Oct 1891-28 Oct 1963);
m.9 Oct 1917 Sir Harold Lister Farquhar (15 Apr 1894-31 Jan 1953)
2g) Rachel Julia (4 Apr 1894-20 Nov 1949)
6f) Beatrice Mary (7 Dec 1870-22 Jan 1954);
m.16 Oct 1913 Edmund Banbury (2
Oct 1853-3 Jan 1938), brother of 1st Lord Banbury
7e) Horatia (8 May 1805-22 May
1864); m.16 Oct 1851 Cte de Septeuil; in some sources
she is called “Horatio”, presumably a son, but this seems a
mistake; no genealogy has both
8e) Jane, d.2 Nov 1849; m.Nov
1833 D Macloughlin
9e) Algernon Henry Champagne (23 Oct 1807-21 Nov 1886); m.10 Dec
1832 Caroline Paget (24 Jul
1808-11 Jun
1880)
1f) Harriette Caroline (26 Jul 1833- )
2f) Amelia Caroline Elizabeth (29 Jun 1834- )
3f) Georgina
Frederica Matilda (19 Dec
1835- )
4f) Arthur Algernon Bladen (1 Jun 1837-3 Jan 1847)
5f) Brownlow Algernon Adolphus
(14 Aug 1838-1860)
6f) Edward Charles Algernon (25 Mar 1840-19 Dec 1899)
7f) Reginald Randolph Algernon
(31 May 1841- ); m.1875 Marion Struthers (d.1937); to Australia
à
ten children, including at least two sons (issue male is presumably extinct),
and:
1g) Caroline (1880- ); m.1899 Thomas Alexander Clapperton
2g) Millicent Florence
(1892- ); m.1913 Henry Knox Paul
8f) Blanche Jessy Louisa (5 Jan 1843-4 Nov 1843)
9f) Etheldred Marmaduke
Algernon (9 Jan 1844-1873)
10f) Charles Horatio Algernon (5 Aug 1845-14 Oct 1924);
m.28 Jun 1868 Alice Peel Belleirs (d.18 Jan 1936)
1g) Arthur Algernon de Vere (6 Apr 1869-14 Apr 1924); m.1st
1890 Alice Ann Pine
(d.1913); m.2nd 1916 Alice
Mabel Currie (d.Jun 1951)
1h) Arthur Algernon de Vere
(1891-1950); m.Jan 1940 Alice
M Reynolds
2h) Elfreda
Beatrice de Vere (1892- ); m.1915
Rudolph Henry Weston
3h) Alice Maud de Vere (1896- ); m.1920 Thomas James Garpham
(d.1963)
4h) [ex 1] Lilly
5h) Robert Edward de Vere, 10th
Earl of Essex (13 Jan 1920-5 Jun 2005); m.3 Jan 1942
Doris Margaret Tomlinson(d.5 Jan 2016)
1i) [Frederick]
Paul de Vere, 11th Earl of Essex
(29 May 1944- )
6h) Elsie Elfreda
(1922- ); m.1943 Ernest Walls (d.1968)
2g) Gertrude Blanche Constance
3g) Beatrice Alice
Georgina, d.6 Jun 1939; m.1st 21 Apr 1914 Tudor George
Trevor (d.3 Aug 1921); m.2nd 23 Apr 1924 Charles Bonneau
4g) Edith Florence Caroline,
d.16 Dec 1960
5g) Evelyn Maud Mary, d.17 Nov
1943; m.1908 George Ernest Richards
6g) Mabel Lillian Violet, d.23
Aug 1974
11f) Millicent Florence Evelyn,
d.27 Jul 1932; m.Apr 1870 Richard Cole; note: Lodge 1861 has here a dau named
Blanche Jessy Louisa, born 24 Jan 1848, still living; since this was the name
of an older sister, ad since Millicent does not otherwise appear in Lodge 1861,
I presume that the name was a mistake and that it was Millicent who was born
1848; since she married in 1870 she must have been some years old in 1861
10e) Mary (1 Nov 1808-18 Feb 1876)
11e) Amelia (23 Apr 1811-29 May 1892); m.25 Apr 1857
Hon. Henry Stevenson Blackwood (4
Aug 1819-25
Oct 1865)
12e) Adolphus Frederick
Charles Molyneux (28 Jun
1813-13 Aug 1899); m.15 Dec 1834 Hon. Charlotte Mary Maynard
(d.27 Jun 1871)
1f) Harriet Mary (Feb 1836-30
Apr 1868); m.1st 24
Oct 1855 George Henry Charles Francis Malcolm Drummond,
Viscount Forth (13 May 1834-8
Oct 1861); m.2nd 29
Oct 1861 (div 1867) Edward Cholmeley Dering (21 Jul 1833-17 Nov 1874)
2f) Arthur Algernon Adolphus Frederick
Pierce de Capell (11 Jun
1837-dspl 5
May 1870); m.21 May 1867 Elizabeth Owen (d.7 Jun 1882)
3f) Florence
Louisa Amelia (9 Nov 1838-9
Nov 1924); m.1st 6
Oct 1859 Francis Nevil Reade (d.9 Nov 1882); m.2nd
Dec 1883 Francis Maurice Drummond Drummond
4f) Rev. Horatio Bladen (10 Oct 1839-17 Apr 1933);
m.1st 16 Aug 1866
Ada Augusta Hawkins
(d.18 Aug 1916); m.2nd 1916 Violet Annie Frost (d.1960)
[by 1st
m.]:
1g) Horace Charles George
Arthur (6 Jul 1868-8
Feb 1953); m.18 Oct 1896 Clara Isabel Jackson (d.25 Feb 1939); to USA
1h) Bladen Ozro
(10 Jul 1897-27
Aug 1959); m.1st 14
Jun 1920 (div 1929) Made Elizabeth Crawford (d.1956); m.2nd
Hazel Kruse
1i) Bladen Horace (26 Aug 1922-1978); m.12 Feb
1945 Mae Elizabeth Walley
1j) Dorita
Mae (1948- ); m.1971 Robert Cooper
2j) William Jennings (9 Aug 1952- ); m.1971 Sandra Elaine Matson
1k) Jennifer Elaine (1974- ); m.2004 Alfred Cabrera
2k) Kevin Devereux (24 Feb 1982- ); m.2004 Sarah Gunderman
3j) Raylene
Dee (1958- ); m.1976 Theodore Schwartz
2i) Ada
(1 Jun 1924- ); m.28 Feb 1941 Kay Boren
3i) Helen Lucille (13 Aug 1926- ); m.31 Oct 1945 Leonard A Sampson
2h) Mary Daisy (14 Feb 1899-1 Jan 1962);
m.1st 26 Oct 1922
(div 1937) William Edward Park; m.2nd 1944 Edward William Beltz
3h) Ada
Lorena (27 Mar 1901- ); m.14 Jul 1923 Arthur Foster Dagnall
2g) Algernon Essex
(1 Nov 1869-23
Feb 1952); m.3 Mar 1903 Lois Ethel Slatter (d.22 Apr
1944)
1h) Algernon Arthur (7 Dec 1903-13 Aug 1950); m.8 Jan 1933
Violet Mary Boyd (d.1987)
1i) Rosemary Susan Lois (21 Feb 1934- ); m.3 May 1958 Cyril Bryan
St.Clair Hughes
2i) Colin Algernon Andrew (3 Dec 1935-d.on active
service 1977); m.5 Oct 1957 Cecily Ann Smith à 2 sons
3i) Robert Devereux Boyd (20 Oct 1942- ); m.19 Aug 1967 Elin
Rosemary Earle à 1 dau
2h) Joan Lois (22 Jul 1905- ); m.1930 Walter James Evans
3h) Robert Devereux (11 Jan 1909-23 Sep 1936); m.1931 Audrie Clare Lightening
1i) Allan Robert Devereux (8 Feb 1932-4 Mar 1962); m.2
Jan 1960 Lorna Anne McNally (d.4 Mar 1962) à 1 dau
2i) Owen Maynard (21 May 1935-15 Jan 1956)
3g) Henry Addison Devereux (12 Jun 1873-19 Feb 1925);
m.1 Aug 1901 Olive Mary Richardson-Bunbury (d.1937), of the Baronets
1h) Robert (1903- )
4g) Mary Kathleen; m.1st
1894 Francis George West (d. So Africa
1900); m.2nd Jun 1900 (div 1906) Edward Aubrey Courtauld
Lowe, of Cantfield; m.3rd 1914 William
Frederick Ullathorne Cosens
5g) Arthur Charles Lloyd (29 May
1876-1895)
[by 2nd
m.]:
6g) Beatrix Violet De Vere
(1919- ); m.1st 1939 (div
1950) Raymond Smith; m.2nd 1950 Edward Reginald Tranter
5f) Rev. George Marie (11 Jan 1845-28 Jan 1915);
m.4 Jan 1870 Annie Lowe (d.26 Nov 1928)
1g) Arthur George Coningsby (28 Jun 1879-k.a. 14 Mar 1915); m.20 Oct 1914
Phyllis Deacon
2g) Dora Amy Isabel, d.16 Mar
1949
3g) Marie Kathleen, d.4 Jun
1970; m.1st 21 Jan
1897 (div 1915) D'Arcy Mackinnon Dawes (d.9 Jan 1930); m.2nd
5 Jun 1943
Rudolph Keane Franks (d.29 Dec 1970)
4g) Leonie Annie, d.3 Aug 1958
5g) Hilda Amalie Violet, d.15
May 1960
6g) Bertha Sybil, d.13 Oct 1969
13e) Priscilla Elizabeth (20 Jul 1815-d.young)
5d) [Thomas] Edward (25 Mar 1770 [per
Debrett’s 1831; Lodge 1861 says 24 Mar 1770]-3 Feb 1855)
6d) Rev. William Robert (28 Apr 1775-3 Dec 1854);
m.7 Jun 1802 Sarah Salter (d.19 Apr 1874)
1e) William (21 Apr 1804-18 Feb 1876); m.14 Apr 1831
Jane Anne Clutterbuck
2e) Jane Selina (25 Oct 1805- ); m.9 May 1826 Thomas Truesdale
Clarke, of Swakeleys (29 Oct 1802-5 Apr 1890)
3e) Henry Robert (27 Nov 1806-13 Apr 1847)
4e) Louisa (20 Apr 1808-1 Oct 1908);
m.21 Mar 1831 Rev. James Charles Clutterbuck (d.8 May 1885)
5e) Georgiana (3 Oct 1809-1892); m.27 Sep
1829 [28 Sep 1829,
per Lodge 1861] Rev. Nathaniel Francis Wodehouse (2 Nov 1802-23 Oct 1870)
6e) Edward Samuel (16 Jan 1811-28 May 1896); m.5 Jun 1838
Elizabeth Binnie (d.19 Nov 1851)
1f) Arthur William (23 Apr 1840-19 Aug 1908);
m.NN
1g) Terence (1891-1962); m.1919
Florence Penelope
Whitham (d.1963)
1h) William Terence
(1921-1993); m.1963 Petronella Lewis à 2 daus
2f) Ada
(16 Apr 1842-17
Aug 1922); m.18 Jun 1874 Sir John Reginald Thomas Fullerton (d.29 Jun 1918)
3f) Edward (6 Sep 1843- )
4f) Edith Mary
7e) Isabelle (15 Jun 1812- ); m.10 May 1854 Rev. Abiathar
Hawkes
8d) Sir Thomas Bladen (25 Aug
1776-4 Mar 1853); m.10 May 1816 Harriet Catherine Smyth (d.30 Jul 1866)
2b) Elizabeth,
d.21 Mar 1759; m.1st 5
Apr 1727 Samuel Molyneux (d.1728); m.2nd 27 May 1730 Nathaniel St.
André
3b) Mary (bap 19 Oct 1700-12 Nov 1762); m.7 May 1729
Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton (bap 31 Jan 1702-8 Jun 1747)
6a) Arthur, d.young
7a) Anne, d.14 Oct 1752; m.25 Jul 1688 Charles Howard, 3rd
Earl of Carlisle (1669-1 May 1738)