Catherine (Stephens) Capell-Coningsby (1794 - 1882)

Born 18 Sep 1794 in Leadwell, County Essex [uncertain]

Wife of George (Capell) Capell-Coningsby — married 14 Apr 1838 in St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

This profile is part of the Stephens Name Study.

Catherine Stephens was born on September 18, 1794 in Leadwell, County Essex, daughter of Edward Stephens (1768–1827).^[1]

Singing Career

In 1807, having shown, like her elder sisters, some musical ability, she was placed under Gesualdo Lanza, with whom she remained five years. Under his care she sang in Bath, Bristol, Southampton, Ramsgate, Margate and other places, appearing early in 1812 in subordinate parts at the Pantheon as member of an Italian opera company, headed by Teresa Bertinotti.

At the close, in 1812, of her engagement with Lanza, her father placed her under Thomas Welsh, as whose pupil she sang anonymously on 17 and 19 November in Manchester.

She sang concerts with John Duruset in Edinburgh in 1814 and in Dublin in July 1821 and again in 1825.

Opera and Acting

1814

1. Mrs. Cornflower in The Farmer's Wife
2. Ophelia in Hamlet
3. Matilda in Richard Cœur de Lion
4. Desdemona in Othello

1815

1. Donna Isidora in Brother & Sister
2. Donna Orynthia in The Noble Outlaw
3. Eucharis in Telemachus

1816

1. Sylvia in Cymon
2. Hermia in Midsummer Night's Dream
3. Cora in Columbus
4. Lucy Bertram in Daniel Terry's adaptation of Guy Mannering

In the 1817 season, she was the original . . .

1. Diana Vernon in Rob Roy Macgregor
2. Cowslip in The Agreeable Surprise

Duchess of Essex

Catherine (43) married George Capell (80) (born on November 13, 1757 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England; son of William Ann Holles (Capell) Capel and Frances (Hanbury-Williams) Capell) on April 14, 1838.^[2]

Catherine died on February 22, 1882, aged 87. She was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175902229/catherine-capell-coningsby: accessed 29 September 2023), memorial page for Catherine Stephens Capell-Coningsby (1794–22 Feb 1882), Find A Grave: Memorial #175902229, citing Kensal Green Cemetery, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England; Maintained by Lucas (contributor 50499237).
2. ↑ "Westminster, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935", City of Westminster Archives Centre; London, England; Westminster Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: STG/PR/7/19, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61867 #91010653 (accessed 29 September 2023), Catherine Stephens (full age) marriage to George Capel Coningesby on 14 Apr 1838 in St George, Hanover Square, London, Westminster, England.

See also:

•  : Source S03230

Title: a pedigree Coningsby of Hampton Court Source Unknown but part author is George Coningsby D.D. rector of Pencombe

• Wikidata: Item Q5052928, en:Wikipedia
• Wikipedia contributors, "Catherine Stephens, Countess of Essex," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Stephens,_Countess_of_Essex&oldid=1205839969 (accessed February 28, 2024).
• "Stephens, Catherine". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–190