Biography of George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex 1757-1839

Paternal Family Tree: Capell

Maternal Family Tree: Theodosia Noel 1585

On 01 Aug 1754 [his father] William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex (age 21) and [his mother] Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. He the son of [his grandfather] William Capell 3rd Earl Essex and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex (age 43).

On 13 Nov 1757 George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex was born to William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex (age 25) and Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex.

In Jul 1759 [his mother] Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex died in childbirth.

On 02 Mar 1767 [his father] William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex (age 34) and [his step-mother] Harriet Bladen Countess Essex (age 32) were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. He the son of [his grandfather] William Capell 3rd Earl Essex and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex (age 56).

In 1768 Joshua Reynolds (age 44). Portrait of George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex (age 10) and [his sister] Elizabeth Capell (age 12).

Elizabeth Capell: John Monson 3rd Baron Monson and she were married. She the daughter of William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex and Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex. On 10 Jun 1755 she was born to William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex and Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex. On 23 Feb 1834 Elizabeth Capell died.

On 06 Jun 1786 George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex (age 28) and Sarah Bazett Countess Essex (age 26) were married. He the son of William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex (age 53) and Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex.

On 04 Mar 1799 [his father] William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex (age 66) died at St James's Palace [Map]. His son George (age 41) succeeded 5th Earl Essex, 6th Baron Capell Hadham. [his wife] Sarah Bazett Countess Essex (age 39) by marriage Countess Essex.

On 16 Jan 1838 [his wife] Sarah Bazett Countess Essex (age 78) died.

On 23 Apr 1839 George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex (age 81) died. His nephew Arthur (age 36) succeeded 6th Earl Essex, 7th Baron Capell Hadham.

Adeline Horsey Recollections. We spent many week-ends at Cassiobury with Lord and [his former wife] Lady Essex [Note. presumed to refer to before 1838 when Lady Essex died?], and as it is only seventeen miles from London, we found it most accessible, and used to go there in the winter as well as the summer.

Cassiobury was the scene of a practical joke which originated with Henry Blackwood (age 24), who was staying there one summer. Some very self-important young men had been invited for the week-end, and Henry Blackwood thought it would be great fun to enact the part of highwaymen and stop their travelling-carriage as they were driving through the lonely park. He enlisted two other kindred spirits to help him, and, of course, the whole house-party was in the secret.

We were all full of conjectures as to how these young bloods would face the highway-men. They would naturally be startled, we thought, but as they were (according to themselves) such ultra-superior people, we could not imagine them behaving, even under such conditions, in any other than an ultra-superior way. The eventful evening was fine and dark, and we all went to the place destined for the scene of the robbery, and hid under cover, patiently waiting for the fun to begin. Henry Blackwood and his friends were disguised beyond recognition, and did indeed look desperadoes of the road.

Note A. last the faint noise of wheels in the distance was heard, and as they drew nearer we were breathless with expectation. The travelling-carriage was dimly discernible - it approached - Henry Blackwood rushed forward to the horses' heads, while his friends told the trembling post-boys to drive on at their peril. Needless to say the carriage was at once brought to a standstill, one highwayman stood by the two horses, and Henry Blackwood went to the carriage door and told the occupants to alight, and hand over their valuables.

We thought that the crucial moment had arrived for our superior friends to assert themselves, but we were speedily disillusioned, for the young men, who were giving vent to a series of frightened squeaks, were terrified out of their wits. "Spare our lives", they cried in an imploring chorus, "and you can take everything we have!" "Spare our lives", they kept on repeating as they handed over their money, watches and jewellery to the merciless Henry. At last, half dead with fear, they were allowed to enter the carriage, which was driven away as though pursued by the devil.

When we emerged from our hiding-place and saw the booty, we were highly amused, and, I may say, very disgusted at the cowardice shown by the superior young men. It was a difficult task to enact the part of sympathetic listeners later in the evening, and hear a very much embroidered account of the dozens of highwaymen who infested the Park, armed to the teeth and apparently villains of the deepest dye.

The feelings of the young cowards can be easily imagined when next morning, at breakfast, Henry Blackwood returned them their belongings "with the compliments of the high-waymen", and the suppressed laughter which greeted the announcement made them feel very small indeed. They left later in the day, but the story got about, and they never felt so superior afterwards.

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Ancestors of George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex 1757-1839

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Capell 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Theodosia Montagu 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Morrison 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hicks Lady Cooper and Morrison

Great x 1 Grandfather: Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Cecil 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: William Capell 3rd Earl Essex 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Bentinck Countess Essex 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Villiers

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara St John 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Villiers Countess Portland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Father: William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Russell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Carr Countess of Bedford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Rachel Wriothesley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Daniel de Massue Seigneur de Rouvigny

Great x 3 Grandmother: Rachel Massue Countess Southampton

GrandMother: Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Howland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Child

Great x 3 Grandfather: Josiah Child

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Roycroft

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Child

George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Charles Hanbury Williams

Mother: Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Coningsby

Great x 3 Grandfather: Fitzwilliam Coningsbury 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Fitzwilliam 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Coningsbury 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Neville 9th and 7th Baron Bergavenny 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Neville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Sackville 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Coningsby 1st Earl Coningsby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Adam Loftus

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Loftus

Great x 2 Grandmother: Lettice Loftus

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Boyle

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Fenton Countess Cork

GrandMother: Frances Coningsby 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Jones 1st Viscount Ranelagh

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Jones 2nd Viscount Ranelagh

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Jones 1st Earl Ranelagh

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Boyle Viscountess Ranelagh

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Fenton Countess Cork

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Jones 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Willoughby 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Manners Baroness Willoughby of Parham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Willoughby Countess Ranelagh 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cecil Baroness Willoughby of Parham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Theodosia Noel

Biography of George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex 1757-1839

Royal Ancestors of George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex 1757-1839

Ancestors of George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex 1757-1839