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Henry Capell, Baron Capell of Tewkesbury

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and Elizabeth Morrison. He was baptised on 6 March 1638. His father was raised to the peerage in 1641 and he died fighting for the King in the civil wars in 1649 as one of the commanders of the Colchester garrison. Henry's eldest brother was
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On 16 February 1659, Capell married Dorothy Bennet, daughter of Richard Bennet. The marriage was childless, but did bring part of what later became
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and in turn a Privy Councillor of Ireland, in June 1693. In 1695 and 1696, Capell was
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and presiding over an administration which was deeply divided between Whigs and
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Dorothy died in 1721, and through her will endowed a number of charities.
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into the Capell family, leading to its becoming known as Capel House.
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Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury
The Right Honorable
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Peter Lely
First Lord of the Admiralty
Prince Rupert of the Rhine
The Earl of Nottingham
Tewkesbury
Charles II
Little Hadham
Hertfordshire
Chapelizod
County Dublin
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English
House of Commons
Baron Capell
Hadham Parva
Hertfordshire
Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham
Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew
Member of Parliament
Tewkesbury
Convention Parliament
Knight

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