CAPELL, WILLIAM, EARL OF ESSEX
Arms.—Gu., a lion rampant between 3 crosses crosslet fitchée or. Capell.
Coronet.—That of an Earl.
Supporters.—Two lions rampant arg., ducally crowned gu.
Motto.—Fide et fortitudine.
[Basnage. History of the Jews. London, 1708.]
William Capell (born 1697, died 17th January 1742) was the son of Algernon, Earl of Essex, and succeeded his father in the Earldom in 1710.
Lord Essex held several important offices, among them those of Keeper of Hyde Park, Ambassador to Sardinia in 1735, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, Ranger of St. James's Park, and Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. In 1725 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Thistle, and in 1738 a Knight of the Garter.
