Biography of Arthur Algernon Capell 6th Earl Essex 1803-1892

Before 1803 [his father] John Thomas Capell [aged 33] and [his mother] Caroline Paget [aged 29] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge [aged 58] and [his grandmother] Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge [aged 60]. He the son of William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex and Harriet Bladen Countess Essex [aged 67].

On 27th January 1803 Arthur Algernon Capell 6th Earl Essex was born to [his father] John Thomas Capell [aged 34] and [his mother] Caroline Paget [aged 29].

In 1819 [his father] John Thomas Capell [aged 50] died.

On 14th July 1825 Arthur Algernon Capell 6th Earl Essex [aged 22] and Caroline Janetta Beauclerk Countess Essex [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. She the daughter of William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans [aged 58] and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 17th July 1825 [his father-in-law] William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans [aged 58] died. His son [his brother-in-law] William [aged 24] succeeded 9th Duke St Albans, 9th Earl Burford, 9th Baron Heddington, 6th Baron Vere of Hanworth in Middlesex.

On 22nd July 1826 [his son] Arthur de Vere Capell was born to Arthur Algernon Capell 6th Earl Essex [aged 23] and [his wife] Caroline Janetta Beauclerk Countess Essex [aged 22]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 1853 Emma Martha Meux, daughter of Henry Meux 1st Baronet and Elizabeth-Mary Smith Lady Meux.

On 16th June 1827 [his brother-in-law] William Beauclerk 9th Duke St Albans [aged 26] and Harriet Mellon Duchess St Albans [aged 49] were married. She by marriage Duchess St Albans. The difference in their ages was 23 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of [his father-in-law] William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans.

On 23rd April 1839 [his uncle] George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex [aged 81] died. His nephew Arthur [aged 36] succeeded 6th Earl Essex, 7th Baron Capell Hadham.

On 29th May 1839 [his brother-in-law] William Beauclerk 9th Duke St Albans [aged 38] and Elizabeth Catherine Gubbins Duchess St Albans [aged 21] were married at Church of St Mary the Virgin Harby, Leicestershire. She by marriage Duchess St Albans. William Beauclerk 9th Duke St Albans donated a new clock, a bible, a prayer book, and £30 with the rector to be invested for the poor. He the son of [his father-in-law] William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans.

On 9th July 1847 [his mother] Caroline Paget [aged 74] died.

On 27th May 1849 [his brother-in-law] William Beauclerk 9th Duke St Albans [aged 48] died. His son William [aged 9] succeeded 10th Duke St Albans, 10th Earl Burford, 10th Baron Heddington, 7th Baron Vere of Hanworth in Middlesex.

In 1853 Arthur de Vere Capell [aged 26] and Emma Martha Meux [aged 31] were married. He the son of Arthur Algernon Capell 6th Earl Essex [aged 49] and Caroline Janetta Beauclerk Countess Essex [aged 48].

On 6th February 1861 General George Augustus Frederick Paget [aged 42] and [his future wife] Louisa Elizabeth Heneage Countess Essex were married. He the son of [his uncle] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey. They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 22nd August 1862 [his wife] Caroline Janetta Beauclerk Countess Essex [aged 58] died.

On 3rd June 1863 Arthur Algernon Capell 6th Earl Essex [aged 60] and Louisa Elizabeth Heneage Countess Essex were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 3rd June 1863 Arthur Algernon Capell 6th Earl Essex [aged 60] and Louisa Caroline Elizabeth Boyle Countess Essex were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. They were fifth cousins.

On 5th May 1876 [his wife] Louisa Caroline Elizabeth Boyle Countess Essex died.

On 10th March 1879 [his son] Arthur de Vere Capell [aged 52] died.

On 11th September 1892 Arthur Algernon Capell 6th Earl Essex [aged 89] died. His grandson George [aged 34] succeeded 7th Earl Essex, 8th Baron Capell Hadham.

On 25th January 1914 [his former wife] Louisa Elizabeth Heneage Countess Essex died.