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Authorised form of nameCapel; William (1697 - 1743); 3rd Earl of Essex
Other forms of surnameCapell
Dates1697 - 1743
NationalityBritish
Date of birth1697
Date of death08 January 1743
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Watford, Hertfordshire
ActivityCareer:
Succeeded to the Earldom (1710); Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales (1719-1727), and to George II (1727-1743); Lord Lieutenant for Hertfordshire (1711-1743); Ranger of St James's Park (1727-1739) and of Hyde Park (1728-1739); Envoy (1731-1732 and Ambassador to the King of Sardinia at Turin (1732-1737); Captain, yeoman of the Guard (1739-1743).
Freemason, initiated November 1731 at Extraordinary Lodge
Honours:
KT 1725; KG 1738
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/11/1737
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows who were Freemasons' 2010, page 17
CodeNA3696
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/391/25Bond of William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex, to the Treasurer of the Royal Society2 March 1737
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