John Capel (MP)

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John Capel (31 October 1767 – December 1846) was a British politician who served as the Tory Member of Parliament for Queenborough from 10 June 1826 to 3 December 1832 where the Great Reform Act abolished the constituency.[1]

He is buried with his first wife and their younger daughter in the vault of St. John's, Regent's Park, Middlesex.

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Capel served as the governor of the Foundling Hospital between 1791 and 1832 when he became the vice-president until his death.[2]

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  1. ^ "Mr John Capel, former MP, Queenborough". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  2. ^ "CAPEL, John (1767–1846), of 96 Cornhill, London and 32 Russell Square, Mdx. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 4 December 2021.