CARD, HENRY, son of John Card, Egham, Surrey, and Mary --- (IGI); b. 6 May 1779; adm. 10 Sep 1792 (Clapham); in sixth form list 1796; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 May 1796; BA 1800; MA 1805; BD and DD 1823; ordained deacon (Winchester, lit. dim. from Hereford) 24 May 1812; Vicar of Wolferton and Rector of Upper Sapey, Herefs., 1 Jun 1812; Vicar of Great Malvern, Worcs., from 27 Jun 1815; Vicar of Donington, Herefs., 1 Jun 1832; FRS 2 Mar 1820; FSA 1821; author, The Reign of Charlemagne, 1807, and other works; m. 1st, 16 Sep 1799 Mary Anne, dau. of Philip Buckley, The Lawn, South Lambeth, Surrey; m. 2nd, 6 Jun 1806 Christian, second dau. of Joseph Fletcher, Great George Square, Liverpool; d. from the effects of an accident 4 Aug 1844. DNB.

CAPPER, FRANCIS, son of Francis Capper, Bushey, Herts., barrister, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Bennet, St. Paul’s Churchyard, bookseller; b. 24 Aug 1735; adm. Sep 1742 (Clarke's); KS 1749; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1753, matr. 27 Jun 1753, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1753 - void 2 Oct 1760, expiry year of grace as R. Monk Soham from 2 Nov 1759; BA 1757; MA 1760; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Feb 1746/7; ordained priest (Oxford) 23 Sep 1759; Rector of Monk Soham and East Soham, Suffolk, from 1759; author, The Faith and Belief of every sincere Christian; m. 6 Nov 1759 Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Pierson, banker; d. 13 Nov 1818. DNB.

Capon, Herbert Vawdrey, son of Herbert James Capon, M. D., M.R.C.S., of London; b. Aug. 22, 1886; adm. May 3, 1900 (A); left July 1903; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; L. M. S. S. A. (London) 1913; Lieut. R.A.M.C. Nov. 2, 1914, attached 2nd East Anglian Brigade R. F. A.; Capt. April 1, 1915; practised in London; d. in New York Aug. 1, 1929.

CAPES, JOHN MOORE, eldest son of John Capes, Newington, Surrey, and Harriet --- (IGI) [perhaps Phillips (IGI)]; b. 19 Aug 1812; adm. 15 Oct 1827 (Stelfox's); left 1830; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Jul 1832; BA 1836; MA 1840; ordained deacon (Salisbury) 29 May 1836; Curate, Shipton-le-Moyne, Gloucs.; Rector of Eastowe, Somerset (where he built and endowed the church) [check]; Roman Catholic convert 1845; editor and proprietor, The Rambler (Roman Catholic periodical) 1848-57; rejoined Church of England in 1870, but became Roman Catholic again before his death; composer, The Druid (tragic opera), performed at St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, 22 Feb 1879; author, To Rome and back, 1873, and other works; m. 1839 Bertha, second dau. of A. Wyatt; d. 14 Jan 1889.

CAPEL, WILLIAM ANNE HOLLES, 4TH EARL OF ESSEX, only son of William Capel, 3rd Earl of Essex KG, and his second wife Lady Elizabeth Russell, dau. of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford KG; b. 7 Oct 1732; adm. Apr 1742 (Morel's); succ. as 4th Earl of Essex 8 Jan 1742/3; left 1749; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1750-4; a Lord of the Bedchamber 17 Mar 1755- Oct 1760; Master of the Staghounds 5 Jul 1770- 11 Jul 1782, when office abolished; a Lord of the Bedchamber from 23 May 1782; Lord Lieut., Hertfordshire 12 Nov 1764 - 13 Mar 1771, JP Herts from 1765; m. 1st, 1 Aug 1754 Frances, eldest dau. of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams KB MP, diplomat; m. 2nd, 2 Mar 1767 Harriet, dau. of Thomas Bladen (qv); d. 5 Mar 1799.

Cantrell, Roger James, son of Edward Norris Charles Cantrell, of Stanmore, Middlesex, and Rachael Doris, d. of Ernest William Laker of Swanbourne, Bucks; b. 25 May 1932; adm. Sept. 1946 (R); left July 1949; a quantity surveyor 1954-66; man. dir. Penates Developments 1966-77; contracts man. Taylor Woodrow Internat. 1977-92; d. 21 Jan. 2013.

Cannon, George Anthony, son of Lieut. -Col. Douglas Rabbitts Cannon RE, of Alton, Hants, and Olivia Lumley, d. of George Henry Robinson of Atherstone, Warks; b. 9 Feb. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (B); left July 1943; Capt. RA Dec. 1945; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1947, BA 1949, MA 1954; chief exec. Fitch Lovell Ltd. 1972; chmn. Esk Frozen Foods Ltd. 1985-; m. 9 Sept. 1950 Jacqueline Helene Edmee Charlotte, d. of Dr Werner Hoedemakers of Brussels, Belgium; d. 24 Apr. 2009.

CANNING, RICHARD, son of Capt. Richard Canning, Royal Navy, Ipswich, Suffolk; b. (at Plymouth, Devon) 30 Sep 1708; adm. Feb 1718/9; Min. Can. 1722; KS 1723; left 1723; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Aug 1724, matr. 1725; BA 1728/9; MA (from Peterhouse) 1735; ordained; Perpetual Curate of St. Lawrence’s, Ipswich, 1734; Rector of Harkstead, Suffolk, 1738-69; Vicar of Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk, 1755-6; Rector of Freston, Suffolk, from 1755; Rector of Thornham Magna, Suffolk, 1766-8; edited Kirby’s Suffolk Traveller, 1764, and author, several tracts and pamphlets; m. 1st, 25 Jul 1739 (IGI) Cordelia Westhorp (IGI); m. 2nd, 1765 Jenny, dau. of Edmund Tyrell, Stowmarket, Suffolk; d. 8 Jan 1775. DNB.

Canning, Miles Howell, son of William Canning, of Kilburn, by Catherine Annie, daughter of Horace Sydney Howell, of St. John's Wood, b. Aug. 8, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (H); left July 1913; temp. 2nd Lieut. Royal Engineers Sept. 17, 1914; Lieut. June 21, 1916; Capt. Sept. 23, 1918; served in France and Belgium with the 58th (London) Div. R.E.; mentioned in despatches L. G. July 7, 1919; M.C. June 3, 1919; A. R. S. M. 1921; B.Sc. (London) 1921; a metallurgical engineer.

CANNING, ERNEST, son of Sir Samuel Canning, Kt, Inverness Gardens, London, civil engineer, and Elizabeth Anne, dau. of William H. Gale, Grateley, Hampshire; b. 11 Oct 1865; adm. (H) 23 Sep 1879; left Dec 1883; with Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co.; d. Cannes, France, 15 Mar 1892.