Biography of William Capell 3rd Earl Essex 1697-1743

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On 28th February 1692 [his father] Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex [aged 21] and [his mother] Mary Bentinck Countess Essex [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland [aged 42] and [his grandmother] Anne Villiers Countess Portland. He the son of Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex and Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex [aged 56]. They were third cousins.

On 11th January 1697 William Capell 3rd Earl Essex was born to [his father] Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex [aged 26] and [his mother] Mary Bentinck Countess Essex [aged 17].

On 10th January 1710 [his father] Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex [aged 39] died. His son William [aged 12] succeeded 3rd Earl Essex, 4th Baron Capell Hadham.

On 27th November 1718 William Capell 3rd Earl Essex [aged 21] and Jane Hyde Countess Essex were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. She the daughter of Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Rochester 4th Earl Clarendon [aged 46] and Jane Leveson-Gower Countess Rochester and Clarendon. He the son of Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex and Mary Bentinck Countess Essex [aged 39]. They were fourth cousins.

On 10th March 1720 Charles Douglas 3rd Duke Queensberry [aged 21] and [his sister-in-law] Catherine Hyde Duchess Queensbury [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Duchess Queensberry. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Rochester 4th Earl Clarendon [aged 47] and [his mother-in-law] Jane Leveson-Gower Countess Rochester and Clarendon. He the son of James Douglas 2nd Duke Queensberry and Mary Boyle Duchess Queensbury. They were second cousins.

In January 1724 [his wife] Jane Hyde Countess Essex died.

After January 1724 William Capell 3rd Earl Essex [aged 26] and Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. She the daughter of Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford and Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford [aged 42]. He the son of Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex and Mary Bentinck Countess Essex [aged 44]. They were fourth cousins.

On 22nd April 1725 [his brother-in-law] Wriothesley Russell 3rd Duke Bedford [aged 16] and Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford were married. She by marriage Duchess Bedford. She was the step-daughter of his sister [his sister-in-law] Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater [aged 18]. She the daughter of Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater [aged 43] and Elizabeth Churchill Countess Bridgewater. He the son of Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford. They were sixth cousins.

On 20th August 1726 [his mother] Mary Bentinck Countess Essex [aged 47] died.

On 7th May 1729 [his brother-in-law] Alan Brodrick 2nd Viscount Midleton [aged 27] and [his sister] Mary Capell were married. She by marriage Viscountess Midleton of Midleton in Cork. She the daughter of [his father] Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex and [his mother] Mary Bentinck Countess Essex.

On 11th October 1731 [his brother-in-law] John Russell 4th Duke Bedford [aged 21] and Diana Spencer Duchess Bedford [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland and Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland. He the son of Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford. They were third cousins.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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On 7th October 1732 [his son] William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex was born to William Capell 3rd Earl Essex [aged 35] and [his wife] Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex [aged 21] at Turin. He married (1) 1st August 1754 his half sixth cousin Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex and had issue (2) 2nd March 1767 Harriet Bladen Countess Essex and had issue.

On 23rd October 1732 [his brother-in-law] Wriothesley Russell 3rd Duke Bedford [aged 24] died at A Coruña. He was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. His brother John [aged 22] succeeded 4th Duke Bedford, 4th Marquess Tavistock, 8th Earl Bedford, 8th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 6th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 4th Baron Howland of Streatham. Diana Spencer Duchess Bedford [aged 22] by marriage Duchess Bedford.

Around 1735 George Knapton [aged 37]. Portrait of William Capell 3rd Earl Essex [aged 37].

In April 1737 [his brother-in-law] John Russell 4th Duke Bedford [aged 26] and Gertrude Leveson-Gower Duchess Bedford were married. She by marriage Duchess Bedford. She the daughter of John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower [aged 42] and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower. He the son of Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford.

In 1738 William Capell 3rd Earl Essex [aged 40] was appointed 552nd Knight of the Garter by King George II of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 54].

On 8th January 1743 William Capell 3rd Earl Essex [aged 45] died. His son William [aged 10] succeeded 4th Earl Essex, 5th Baron Capell Hadham.

In 1784 [his former wife] Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex [aged 73] died.

[his daughter] Charlotte Capell Countess Clarendon was born to William Capell 3rd Earl Essex and Jane Hyde Countess Essex. She married 30th March 1752 her second cousin once removed Thomas Villiers 1st Earl Clarendon, son of William Villiers 2nd Earl Jersey, and had issue.

[his daughter] Mary Capell was born to William Capell 3rd Earl Essex and Jane Hyde Countess Essex. She married John Forbes and had issue.

Ancestors of William Capell 3rd Earl Essex 1697-1743

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Capell 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Manners 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Capell 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Grey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Browne 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Roper

Great x 2 Grandmother: Theodosia Montagu 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Harrington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney

GrandFather: Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Morrison

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Morrison 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Hussey Countess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Morrison 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Clerke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothea Clerke

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hicks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Hicks Lady Cooper and Morrison

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard May

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden

Father: Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Percy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Harbottle 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Devereux 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Hastings 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Knollys

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brooke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Newton Baroness Cobham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Cecil 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe

William Capell 3rd Earl Essex 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland

Mother: Mary Bentinck Countess Essex 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Villiers of Brooksby Leicestershire

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby

Great x 4 Grandmother: Collette Clarke

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Villiers

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Saunders of Harrington Northamptonshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Audrey Saunders

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas St John 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blount 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara St John 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Hungerford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Dormer

GrandMother: Anne Villiers Countess Portland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Manderston Home

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Home 1st Earl Dunbar

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Gordon 3rd of Gight 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gordon Countess Dunbar 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Beaton

Biography of William Capell 3rd Earl Essex 1697-1743

Royal Ancestors of William Capell 3rd Earl Essex 1697-1743

Ancestors of William Capell 3rd Earl Essex 1697-1743