Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex
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) was an English
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, a soldier
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and courtier
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. He was the son of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex
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and Elizabeth Percy. After his father's suicide
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in 1683, Capell became the 2nd Earl of Essex
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. He held the office of Gentleman of the Bedchamber
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to King William III
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between 1691 and 1702; was Colonel of the 4th Dragoons between 1693 and 1710; and was made a Privy Counselor in 1708 by Queen Anne
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Algernon Capell married Mary Bentinck, daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland and Anne Villiers on 28 February 1698. The couple had three children.Issue:
- William Capell, 3rd Earl of EssexWilliam Capell, 3rd Earl of EssexWilliam Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex, KG, PC was the son of the 2nd Earl of Essex.Capell was one of the founding governors of the charity, the Foundling Hospital, created in October 1739 to care for abandoned children....
(1697–1743), married twice.
1st: Lady Jane Hyde (d. January 1723/24), daughter of the 4th Earl of Clarendon
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. The marriage produced two daughters.
2nd: Lady Elizabeth Russell (d. 8 June 1784), daughter of the 2nd Duke of Bedford
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. Their son, William, became the 4th Earl of Essex
Earl of Essex
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- Lady Mary Capel (d. 12 November 1762), married Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount MidletonAlan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount MidletonAlan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton was a British peer and significant cricket patron who was jointly responsible for creating the earliest known written rules.-Cricket patronage:...
(d. 8 June 1747), had issue. - Lady Elizabeth Capell. She married twice, 1st: Samuel Molyneux, 2nd: Nathaniel St. André. Both marriages were childless.