Ancestral Trails 2016 » Algernon CAPEL (1670-1710)

Personal data Algernon CAPEL 


Household of Algernon CAPEL

He is married to Mary BENTINCK.

They got married on February 28, 1697/98, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Mary CAPEL  1697-1762 
  2. William CAPEL  1697-1743 


Notes about Algernon CAPEL

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.

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

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.

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:
William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex (1697-1743), son and heir, who married twice. Firstly to Lady Jane Hyde (died January 1723/24), daughter of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon, by whom he had two daughters. Secondly to Lady Elizabeth Russell (died 8 June 1784), a daughter of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, by whom he had progeny including William Capell, 4th Earl of Essex.
Lady Mary Capel (died 12 November 1762), wife of Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton (died 8 June 1747), with issue.
Lady Elizabeth Capell, who married twice: Firstly to Samuel Molyneux, without issue. Secondly to Nathaniel St. André, without issue.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Capell,_2nd_Earl_of_Essex

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Algernon CAPEL

Arthur CAPEL
Elizabeth MORRISON
1610-????
Algernon Seymour PERCY
1602-1668
Anne CECIL
-1637

Algernon CAPEL
1670-1710


Mary BENTINCK
1679-1726

Mary CAPEL
1697-1762
William CAPEL
1697-1743
Elizabeth Diana CAPEL
1693-1759

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Birthday December 28, 1670

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1670: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 18 » Henry Morgan captures Panama.
    • May 2 » King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
    • June 1 » In Dover, England, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
    • June 15 » The first stone of Fort Ricasoli is laid down in Malta.
    • December 31 » The expedition of John Narborough leaves Corral Bay having surveyed the coast and lost four hostages to the Spanish.

Day of death January 10, 1710

  • The temperature on January 10, 1710 was about 2.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1710: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 28 » Battle of Helsingborg: 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. This is the last time Swedish and Danish troops meet on Swedish soil.
    • April 5 » The Statute of Anne receives the royal assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom.
    • April 10 » The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
    • August 20 » War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
    • October 13 » Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.


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