Jane Capell, Countess of Essex was a British court official, the first wife of William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex. She was the daughter of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon, and his wife, the former Ja
Portrait of Jane Capell, Countess of Essex, circa 1718 from the studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723)
Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon, PC was a British politician and diplomat from the Villiers family. Clarendon was the second son of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey, and his wife Judith Her
Jane Capell, Countess of Essex
…She married the Earl of Essex on 27 November 1718, and they had four daughters, including: Lady Charlotte Capell (d. 1790), who married Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon, and had children. Lady Mary Capell (d. 9 April 1782), married Admiral Hon. John Forbes (a son of George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard). They had two…
Engraving by Charles Bestland after a Thomas Hudson portrait, 1803
The Grove, Watford. Now an hotel
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford by Nathaniel Dance,