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Capel-Coningsby, George, 1757-1839
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1757-1839
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CAPEL-CONINGSBY, GEORGE, 5TH EARL OF ESSEX, only son of William Anne Holles Capel, 4th Earl of Essex (qv), and his first wife; b. 14 Nov 1757; adm. 21 Jan 1766; left Dec 1774; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge; MA 1777; MP Westminster 20 Apr 1779-80, Lostwithiel 4 Jun 1781-4, Okehampton 27 Apr 1785-90, Radnor Boroughs 21 May 1794 - 4 Mar 1799; assumed surname of Coningsby in addition to that of Capel on the death of his grandmother Frances, Countess Coningsby, in 1782; travelling in Italy 1791-2; succ. as 5th Earl of Essex 4 Mar 1799; Lord Lieut., Herefordshire, 20 Mar 1802 - 28 Oct 1817; Recorder of Leominster 1802-5; DCL Oxford 3 Jul 1810; FSA by 1831; a friend of the Prince Regent and one of the leading men of fashion at the end of the 18th century; m. 1st, 6 Jun 1786 Sarah, widow of Edward Stephenson EICS [check Presidency : Bengal ?], and dau. of Henry Bazett, EICS St. Helena; m. 2nd, 19 Apr 1838, Catherine Stephens, vocalist and actress, dau. of Edward Stephens, Park Street, Grosvenor Square, London, carver and gilder; d. 23 Apr 1839.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.