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CAPELL, Henry (1638-96)

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.; CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 234. freeman, Dublin 1695.

Gov. Soc. of Mineral and Battery Works 1689 – d. mbr. Soc. of Mines Royal 1690.

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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MONTAGU, Edward (1602-71)

Family and Education
b. 1602, 1st s. of Henry Montagu (later earl of Manchester), and 1st w. Catherine, da. of Sir William Spencer, of Yarnton, Oxon.; bro. of James Montagu. educ. Eton 1613-17; Sidney Suss. Camb. 1618; travelled abroad (France, Low Countries) 1621-2; MA, Oxon. 1665. m. (1) 6 Feb. 1623 Susanna (Susan) (d. 1625), da. of John Hill, innkeeper of Honiley, Warws. 1da. d.v.p.; Chamberlain Letters ed. McClure, ii. 391, 476, 599. (2) 1 July 1626 (with £6,000), Anne (d. 1642), da. of Robert Rich, 2nd earl of Warwick, 1s. 2da.; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 278; Vis. Hunts. (Harl. Soc. n.s. replacement xiii), 142. (3) 20 Dec. 1642, Essex (d. 1658), da. of Sir Thomas Cheke (Cheeke), of Pirgo, Essex, wid. of Sir Robert Bevill, of Chesterton, Hunts., 6s. 2da.; Vis. Hunts. 141. (4) settlement 15 July 1659, Eleanor (d. 1667), Bodl. North c.4, ff. 124-7. da. of Sir Richard Wortley, of Wortley, Yorks., BL, Verney ms mic. M636/16, settlement, 15 July 1659. wid. of Sir Henry Lee, bt., Edward Radcliffe, 6th earl of Sussex, and Robert Rich, 2nd earl of Warwick, s.p.; (5) 5 Aug. 1667, HMC Le Fleming, 52. Margaret (d. 1676), HMC Rutland, ii. 31-32. da. of Francis Russell, 4th earl of Bedford, wid. James Hay, earl of Carlisle, s.p. Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 139-40. KB 2 Feb. 1626; KG 1 Apr. 1661. d. 5 May 1671; will bef. 5 May 1671, pr. 5 June 1671. TNA, PROB 11/336.
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PC, 1641 – 42, 1660 – d., PC [S] 1661–?d.; speaker, House of Lords 1642 – 48, Apr. – June 1660; commr. gt. seal 1660; ld. chamberlain 1 June 1660 – d.; commr. Marshalsea ct. 1662.

Dep. lt. Hunts. 1624 – ?42, ld. lt. (sole) 1642 – 44, (jt.) 1660 – d., Northants. 1643; serj.-maj.-gen. Essex, Herts., Cambs., Norf., Suff., Hunts., Lincs. 1643 – 45; jt. chamberlain, Chester 1647 – 50; jt. ranger, Weybridge forest, Hunts. 1627 – d.; chan. S. Wales (jt.) 1635, (sole) 1660 – d., Camb. Univ. 1649–51, Jones, Saw-Pit Wharton, 147. 1660 – d.; chamberlain, Chester, Cheshire (jt.) 1647 – 50, S. Wales 1660–d.; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 368. recorder Northampton 1642 – ?58, 1663–d.; J.C. Cox, Northampton Bor. Recs. ii. 104, 106. high steward, Westminster 1660–d., CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 494; CSP Dom. 1667–8, p. 251. Kingston-upon-Thames, Surr. 1660–?d.

Col. of ft. (parl.) 1642 – 45; gen. of horse (parl.) 1643 – 45; col. of ft. regt. 1667.; separator; FRS 1665–d. Hunter, Royal Society, 196.; separator;

Associated with: Kimbolton Castle, Hunts. and Warwick House, Mdx.
MOUNTAGUE
Likenesses

P. Lely, oils, NPG.

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NOEL, Baptist (1611-82)

Family and Education
bap. 13 Oct. 1611, 1st s. of Edward Noel, later 2nd Visct. Campden, and Juliana, da. and coh. of Sir Baptist Hicks, Visct. Campden. educ. Cambs. hon. MA 1628. m. (1) 25 Dec. 1632, Anne (d.1636), da. of William Feilding, earl of Denbigh, 3s. d.v.p.; (2) c. June 1638, Anne, da. of Sir Robert Lovet, of Liscombe, Bucks., wid. of Edward Bourchier, 4th earl of Bath, s.p.; (3) 21 Dec. 1639, Hester (d. 1649), da. and coh. of Thomas Wotton, 2nd Bar. Wotton, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), HMC Rutland, ii. 41. 4da. (1 d.v.p.); Some Letters & Records of the Noel Family, ed. E. Noel, 16. (4) 6 July 1655, Elizabeth (d. 1683), da. Montagu Bertie, 2nd earl of Lindsey, 4s. (2 d.v.p.), 3da. TNA, PROB 11/371. d. 29 Oct. 1682; will 24 Aug. 1681, pr. 5 Nov. 1682. Ibid.
Offices Held

Commr. array 1642; ld. lt. Rutland 1660 – d.; custos rot. Rutland 1660 – d.; commr. enclosure, Deeping Fen 1665; recorder, Stamford 1676–d. CSP Dom. 1676–7, pp. 473, 491.

Col. regt. of horse 1643; col. regt. of ft. 1643.

Parlimentarian
Associated with: Exton, Rutland;Rutland Magazine, ii. 245.; Brooke, Rutland; Campden House, Kensington.CSP Dom. 1665-6, p. 581.;
Likenesses

effigy in monument by Grinling Gibbons, 1686, Church of St Peter and St Paul, Exton, Rutland.

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GERARD, Fitton (1663-1702)

Family and Education
bap. 15 Oct. 1663, 2nd s. Charles Gerard, Bar. Gerard of Brandon (later earl of Macclesfield) and Jeanne (d.1671), da. of Pierre de Civelle, equerry to Queen Henrietta Maria; bro. Charles Gerard, 2nd earl of Macclesfield. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. matric. July 1673. unm. d. 26 Dec. 1702; will 23 Dec. 1702, pr. 9 Jan. 1703. TNA, PROB 11/468.
Offices Held

Freeman, Preston by 1682, Liverpool 1698; dep. lt., Wales (12 counties), Herefs., Mon. 1689–?1701. TNA, SP 44/165.

Cornet, Queen’s Regt. of Horse 1678–9. Dalton, Army Lists, i. 201.

Associated with: Paradise Row, Chelsea, Mdx.; Gawsworth Hall, Cheshire (from 1701).
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GERARD, Charles (c. 1659-1701)

Family and Education
b. c. 1659, 1st s. Charles Gerard, Bar. Gerard of Brandon (later earl of Macclesfield) and Jeanne (d.1671), da. of Pierre de Civelle, equerry to Queen Henrietta Maria; bro. Fitton Gerard, 3rd earl of Macclesfield. educ. G. Inn 1674. m. 18 June 1683 (with £2,000), HMC Lords, ii. 206. Anne (1668-1753), da. and coh. of Sir Richard Mason of Bishop’s Castle, Salop., div. 1698, s.p. legit. d. 5 Nov. 1701; will 2 July 1701, pr. 17 Dec. 1701. TNA, PROB 11/462.
Offices Held

Freeman, Preston 1682, Liverpool 1690; dep. lt. Lancs. 1687–9, CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 122; HMC Kenyon, 188. Wales (12 counties), Herefs., Mon. 1689–96; TNA, SP 44/165; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 268. recorder, Chester 1688–9; Longleat, Bath mss, Thynne pprs. 43, ff. 194–5 ld. lt., Lancs. 1689 – d., N. Wales 1696 – d.; custos rot., Lancs. 1689 – d., Mont. 1700 – d.; butler, Lancs. 1689 – d.; constable, Liverpool Castle 1689 – d.; steward, Blackburn hundred, Tottington and Clitheroe, 1689 – 90; v. adm. Cheshire and Lancs. 1691 – d., N. Wales 1696 – d.; commr. superstitious uses, Lancs. 1693; col. militia ft., Lancs. and Denb. by 1697–d. Eg. 1626, ff. 25, 58.

Lt. col. Ld. Gerard’s Regt. of Horse Feb. 1678 – Jan. 1679; col. regt. of horse, June – Sept. 1679, Oct. – Dec. 1688, 1694 – d.; maj. gen. 1694.

Envoy extraordinary, Hanover Aug. – Sept. 1701.

Associated with: Halsall, Lancs.; Gawsworth Hall, Cheshire; Gerard (Macclesfield) House, Gerrard Street, Westminster (from 1682).Survey of London, xxxiv. 380-84, 396-7.;
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LUMLEY, Richard (c. 1650-1721)

Family and Education
b. c. 1650, 1st s. of John Lumley (d.1658) and Mary, da. of Sir Henry Compton, of Brambletye, Suss.; bro. of Hon. Henry Lumley. educ. travelled abroad (tutor Richard Lascelles) 1667-c.1669 (France). Verney ms mic. M636/23, W. Stewkeley to Sir R. Verney, 7 Oct. 1669. m. 17 Mar. 1685 W. Suss. RO, Add. mss 33, 394. Frances (d.1722), da. of Sir Henry Jones, of Aston, Oxf., 7s. (2 d.v.p.), 4da. Post Boy, 16-19 Dec. 1721. d. 17 Dec. 1721; will 11 Jan. 1717 – 12 Apr. 1718, pr. 22 Dec. 1721. TNA, PROB 11/582.
Offices Held

PC 1689; master of the horse to Queen Catharine of Braganza 1681–?4; TNA, E351/1750; Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 54, 167. treas. to Queen Catharine 1684 – ?; gent. of the bedchamber 1689 – 1702; chan. duchy of Lancaster 1716–17; L.K.J. Glassey, Apptmt JPs, 271–2, 294. v.-treas. [I] 1717.

Ld. lt. Northumberland 1689 – d., Durham 1690 – 1712, 1715 – d.; v.-adm. Durham and Northumberland (held concurrently) 1689 – 1702, 1710.

Vol. in Navy 1672, at Tangier 1680; cap. independent tp. of horse 1685; col. 9th (Queen Dowager’s) Regt. of Horse (later 6th (Carabiniers) Regt.) 1685 – 87; col. 1st tp. Life Gds 1689 – 99; major-gen. 1692; lt-gen. of ft. 1694 – 97, 1702.

Associated with: Lumley Castle, Durham;Daily Post, 22 Dec. 1721.; Stansted Park, Suss.;VCH Suss. iv. 121-6.; St James's, Westminster;Dasent, History of St James's Sq., 235, 237. ; Gerrard Street, Westminster.London Journal, 23 Dec. 1721.;
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oil on canvas, school of Jonathan Richardson, c.1690, National Trust, Lacock Abbey, Wilts.

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LUCAS, Robert (?bef 1650-1705)

Family and Education
b. ?bef. 1650; yr. s. of Sir Thomas Lucas and Anne Byron; bro. of Charles Lucas*, 2nd Bar. Lucas. unm. d. 31 Jan. 1705; HMC Portland, iv. 159. will 30 Nov. 1704-31 Jan. 1705, pr. 12 Mar. 1705. TNA, PROB 11/481.
Offices Held

Constable of the Tower 1688–1702 CSP Dom. 1687–1689, p. 379; CTB, xvii. 253.; ld. lt. Tower Hamlets, 8 Apr. 1689–1702; capt. Huntingdon’s ft. regt. 1688; capt. Jacob’s ft. regt. 1695; col. regt. of foot (34th), 1702 – d.

Associated with: Tower of London; co. Kildare, Ireland.
Likenesses

miniature by T. Forster, Holbourne Museum, Bath.

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