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.
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.
CAPON, ---; b.; in school lists 1737-41.
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.
CAPPER, BENJAMIN, eldest son of Benjamin Capper, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London, and Jane Rawlinson (IGI); bapt. St. Martin in the Fields 25 Jan 1785 (IGI); adm.; at school 1798; in school list 1801; adm. Inner Temple 3 Jul 1801. [note will Benjamin Capper, barrister, Attorney-General of Tobago, of St. Luke, Middlesex, proved PCC 4 Jul 1853; also will of Benjamin Pitts Capper, Secretary of State’s Office, St. Mary, Islington, proved PCC 12 Sep 1850]
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.
CAPPER, FRANCIS, son of Francis Capper (qv); b. 14 Jan 1761; at school under Smith (based on Hickey’s record of his presence at OWW dinner at Calcutta in 1783 (Hickey, iii, 245-6, but Hickey’s recollection may have been inaccurate); Cadet, EICS Madras; Ensign, Madras Native Infantry 17 Apr 1778; Lieut., 11 Jan 1782; Capt., 6 Aug 1794; Maj., 4 Oct 1798; Lieut. -Col., 4th Native Infantry, 17 Jun 1800; served with distinction in India; Adjutant-Gen., Madras; implicated in disputes between Commander-in-Chief, Madras, and the civil authorities there; m. 23 Nov 1791 Elizabeth Emily, sister of Pasley Weir Fraser (qv); drowned in wreck of the Lady Jane Dundas off Madagascar, on his return from India, 14 Mar 1809]. [But note that Misc. Gen. et Her., 4th series, ii, 81, also states that he was educated at Westminster, so the identification of him as an OW does not rest solely on Hickey]