Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury

Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury KB, PC (6 March 1638 – 30 May 1696) was a seventeenth century English politician.

Background

Born in Hadham Parva, Hertfordshire, Capell was the son of the 1st Baron Capell of Hadham and Elizabeth Morrison, and brother of the 1st Earl of Essex.

Political career

Invested as a Knight of the Order of the Bath on 23 April 1661, he was a member of the Irish Privy Council from April 1673 to March 1684/85. Capell was also First Lord of the Admiralty between February 1679 to February 1681, and Lord of the Treasury and Member of Parliament (MP) for Cockermouth between 1689 and 1690. A member of the English Privy Council from 22 April 1679 to 31 January 1679/80, he was invested again on 14 February 1688/89. On 11 April 1692, he was ennobled as Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, in the County of Gloucester. One year later he became Lord Justice of Ireland and in turn a Privy Councillor of Ireland in June 1693. In 1695 and 1696, Capell was finally Lord Deputy of Ireland.

Personal life

On 16 February 1658/59, he married Dorothy Bennet, daughter of Richard Bennet. Their marriage was childless. He died, aged 58 in Chapelizod, County Dublin, and was buried on 8 September 1696 in Hadham, Hertfordshire. The barony died with him.

References

• "thePeerage". http://www.thepeerage.com/p20289.htm#i202884. Retrieved 2006-12-23. 
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Parliament of England
Preceded by Unknown	Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury 1660–1685 With: Richard Dowdeswell (1) 1660–1673 Sir Francis Russell, Bt 1673–1685	Succeeded by Richard Dowdeswell (2) Sir Francis Russell, Bt
Preceded by Sir Daniel Fleming Sir Orlando Gee	Member of Parliament for Cockermouth 1689–1690 With: Henry Fletcher	Succeeded by Sir Wilfrid Lawson Sir Orlando Gee
Preceded by Richard Dowdeswell (2) Sir Francis Russell, Bt	Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury 1690–1692 With: Richard Dowdeswell (2)	Succeeded by Richard Dowdeswell (2) Sir Francis Winnington
Political offices
Preceded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine (Lord High Admiral)	First Lord of the Admiralty 1679–1681	Succeeded by The Earl of Nottingham
Preceded by Lords Justices	Lord Deputy of Ireland 1695–1696	Succeeded by Lords Justices
Peerage of England
New creation	Baron Capell of Tewkesbury 1692–1696	Extinct