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.