William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex
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William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex, was an English courtier and diplomat.
Portrait of Lord Essex, by George Knapton, c. 1735
Mary Capel, Countess of Essex
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Mary Capel, Countess of Essex, born Lady Mary Bentinck, was the daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of stadtholder William, Prince of Orange and his wife Anne Villiers.
Portrait of Lady Mary Bentinck by Godfrey Kneller, 1692
Barbara Villiers(left), maternal aunt to Lady Mary Bentinck, playing cards with her closest friend, Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, c. 1702