Sometime called Capel with singular L in surname, majority of references refer to himas Capell (double L) Byuse chosen to use Capell.
William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex (1697-1743) was the son of Lt.-Gen. Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex and Lady Mary Bentinck. He m.(1) Lady Jane Hyde, daughter of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon and Jane Leveson-Gower, on 27 November 1718 and (2) Lady Elizabeth Russell, daughter of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford and Elizabeth Howland, on 3 February 1726. He succeeded his father as 3rd Earl of Essex on 10 January 1709/10. .He died on 8 January 1743.
William Capell succeeded his father as 3rd Earl of Essex in 1710. He was invested as a Knight of the Thistle 2 Feb 1725, which he resigned in 1738 to be invested as a Knight of the Garter in Feb. 1738. He was appointed Privy Councillor in 1735.
Children of William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex and Lady Jane Hyde
Children of William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex and Lady Elizabeth Russell
Jane Hyde, famous beauty of the reign of Queen Anne. Married William Capel, 3rd Earl of Essex.
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