William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex was a British courtier and diplomat who served as the British ambassador to Sardinia from 1732 to 1736.
Portrait by George Knapton, c. 1735
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
William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex
…1734, a Knight of the Garter c. 1737, and was Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1739 until his death in 1743. On 27 November 1718, Capell married Lady Jane Hyde, a Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales and the third daughter of the 4th Earl of Clarendon. Before Lady Jane died in 1724, they were the…
Portrait of Jane Capell, Countess of Essex, circa 1718 from the studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723)