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13G CANTERBURY — CAPELL. Speakership he Was railed to the Pccrai/e as above stated. Horn, firstly, 8 July 1 SI 1 at Lambeth Palace, Surrey, Lucy Maria Charlotte, 1st da. of John Dknison of Ossingtou, Notts, by bis first wife, Maria. Charlotte, da. of John BotUAOK "f Ashwick, co. Gloucester. Shed. 7 Dec. 1815 at Ossingtoii. He M. secondly,!) Dec. 1828, at St. Geo. Hau. Sq. Ellen, widow of John Home PURVIS, da. (.1' Edmund POWKB of Curraglieeu and Clonen, eo. Waterford, by Ellen, da. of Edmund Shkkhv, co. Tipperary. He d. 21 July 1845 at South wick Crescent. Paddington, aged 65. His widow d. a few months later, s.p.m.s. 16 Nov. 1845 at Clifton, co. Glouc, aged 54. II. 1S4T). ClIAitI.ES J6HS (MANKERSrSUTTON), A'lscoUNT Ca.N- TKituunr, &c, s. and h., by 1st wife. b. 17 and bap. 22 April 1S12, registered 20 July at Lambeth chapel ; ed. at Eton : Registrar of the Court of Faculties of the Archbishop of Canterbury. He </. num. 13 Nov. 1869 in Chesterfield street, May fair, Midx. III. 1869. 3. John- Henry Thoius (M. ni:iis Sutton), Viscwst CaHTDKBUUT, only br. and b., b. 27 May ISM ill Downing street, bap. S June, registered 3 Aug. at Lambeth chapel : ed. at Eton and at Trill. Coll. Cambridge; M. A., 1835. He was M.P. for Cambridge, 1839-47; Under-Sec of State for Home, 1S41-46; Lieut.-Gov. of New Brunswick, 1S5I-61 : Gov. and Com. in Chief of Trinidad, 1864-66 ; Gov. ami Com. in Chief of Victoria, 1866-73. K.C.B. 23 June 1860, G.C.M.G., 25 June 1873. He m. 5 July 1S38, Geoigiana, da. of Charles TojireON of Witohingbam Hall, Norfolk. He d. 24 June 1S77. His widow living 1SS6. IV. 1877. J t . IlExm- Charles (Manxebs-Sotton), Viscount Canterbury and B.uion Botteshiud, 1st s. and h., b. 11 July 1830 ; ed. at Harrow and at Mag. Coll., Cambridge. He m. 16 April 1S72 at St. Geo. Han. sip, Amy Rachel, da. of the Hon. Frederick Waliole (3d s. of Horatio, Ear! of Ohkord) by Laura Sophia Frances, da. of Francis Walpoi.k. Family estates. — These, ill 1SS3, consisted of 5,177 acres in Norfolk, valued at £8,399 a year. Principal Residence. — Witchinghain Hall, near Norwich. CAPELL OF HADHAM. Barony. l. AitTnim Capei.l, of Hadham Parva, Herts, and I 1641. Eayne Essex, s. and h. of Sir Henry C, by his 1st wife Theodosia, da. of Sir Edward MONTAOU, which Sir Henry (who d. v.p. 29 April 1622) was s. and h. ap. of Sir Arthur Capel, of Hadham and Hayne Hall afsd. was b. 20 Feb. and bap. 11 March 1603/4 at Hadham afsd., sue. his grandfather in April 1632 ; M.P. for Herts 1639 ; and again (in the long Pari.) 1640. On o Aug. 1641 he was cr. BARON CAPELL OF HADHAM. co. Hertford. He fought valiantly in the Royal Cause,(' 1 ) especially, (when Lieut-Gen. of Shropshire, Cheshire, and North Wales) against Sir William Breretou. He was one of the garrison at Colchester, which surrendered 27 Aug. 1648, when he was sent prisoner to the Tower of London, whence be escaped, but was recaptured 2 Feb. following at Lambeth. He was condemned to death by the High Court of Justice, and (together with the Duke of Hamilton |S.] and the Earl of Holland) was beheaded (a few weeks after the King) in Palace-yard, West- minster,^) 9 March 1648/9. He was bur. at Hadham. M.I.(°) He m. Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Charles Morrison, Bart, and K.B. by Mary, da. and coheir of Baptist (Hicks), Viscount Ca.mpden. She,( d ) who brought to her husband the estate of Cahisbury in Watford, Herts, d. 26 Jany. and was bur. 6 Feb. 1660/1 at Hadham. (") Of him " Clarendon " writes that " he frankly engaged bis person and his fortune from the beginning of the troubles, as many others did, in all actions and enterprises of the greatest hazard and danger ; and continued to the end, without ever making one false step, as few others did," and, again, " whoever shall after him deserve best of the English nation, can never think himself undervalued when he shall hear that his courage, virtue, and fidelity are laid in the balance with and compared to that of the Lord Capel." (•') See " The Loyalist*' Bloody Roll," ante, vol. i, p. 194, note " c." ( c ) Where it is stilted that be " was murdered for his loyalty." ( ll ) See ante],. 131 note "b."