Family and Education
bap. 6 Mar. 1638, 3rd s. of Arthur Capel†, Baron Capell, of Hadham, Essex, and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Charles Morrison, 1st bt.‡, of Cassiobury, Herts.; bro. Arthur Capell, earl of Essex. m. (settlement 16 Feb. 1659), Dorothy (d.1721), da. and coh. of Richard Bennet of Chancery Lane, London, and Kew, Surr. s.p. KB 23 Apr. 1661. d. 30 May 1696; will 8 Sept. 1692, pr. 4 Jan. 1697. TNA, PROB 11/436.
Offices Held
PC [I], 1673 – 85, 1693 – d.; ld. of admiralty 1679 – 80; PC 21 Apr. 1679 – 31 Jan. 1680, 14 Feb. 1689 – d.; ld. of treasury 1689 – 90; ld. justice [I], 1693 – May 1695; ld. dep. [I], May 1695 – d.; commr. appeals in prizes 1694 – d.
Steward of Ogmore, Glam. 1662 – 92; chief steward, manor of Richmond 1690 – d.; high steward, Tewkesbury by 1695 – d.; dep. lt. Glos. 1660 – ?81, 1694–d.;
Gov. Soc. of Mineral and Battery Works 1689 – d. mbr. Soc. of Mines Royal 1690.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Hadham, Essex; Kew, Surr.
Likenesses
miniature, watercolour on vellum by John Hoskins, c.1655, NPG 5703; oil on canvas by Sir Peter Lely c.1659, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Lords 1660-1715
Will
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Oxford 1644
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