Family and Education
bap. 28 Jan. 1632, 1st. s. and h. of Arthur Capell†, Bar. Capell of Hadham, Essex and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Charles Morrison‡, bt. of Cassiobury, Herts. educ. privately (Abraham Woodhead) 1648-52. Oxford DNB (sub Woodhead). m. 19 May 1653, Elizabeth (1636-1718), 5th da. Algernon Percy, 4th earl of Northumberland, and 1st w. Anne, da. of William Cecil, 2nd earl of Salisbury, 6s. (5 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.). Collins, Peerage (1812 edn) iii. 483. d. 13 July 1683; will 28 Feb. 1681, pr. 4 Apr. 1684. CTB, 1681-5, p. 920; TNA, PROB 11/375.
Offices Held
Ld. lt. Herts. 1660 – 81, Wilts. 1668–72; custos rot. St. Albans ?1660–82.
Amb. extraordinary to Denmark 1669 – 70; PC 1672 – 81; ld. lt. Ireland 1672 – 77; cttee of the privy council for trade and plantations 1675 – 81; first ld. treasury Mar. – Nov. 1679; commr. Tangier 1680–d.
Freeman, Merchant Adventurers’ co., 1670.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Hadham Hall, Essex (to c. 1668); Cassiobury House, Herts (from c. 1668).Minet, Hadham Hall, 13-14.;
Likenesses
oil on canvas, by Sir P. Lely (double portrait with his wife) c. 1655-60, NPG 5461; oil on canvas, circle of Sir P. Lely, 1672, Watford Museum.
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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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