Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham
| The Lord Capell of Hadham | |
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Portrait by Henry Paert the Elder
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| Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire |
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In office 1640–1641 |
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| Monarch | Charles I |
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20 February 1608 Hadham Hall, Hertfordshire |
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executed 9 March 1649 (aged 41) Old Palace Yard, Palace of Westminster, London |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Morrison |
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| Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Royalist army officer and Member of Parliament |
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| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Battles/wars | English Civil War |
Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell or Capel of Hadham (20 February 1608 – 9 March 1649), of Hadham Hall and Cassiobury House, Watford, both in Hertfordshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Capell. He supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War and was executed on the orders of parliament in 1649.
Capell was the only son of Sir Henry Capell, of Rayne Hall, Essex, and his wife Theodosia Montagu, daughter of Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton House, Northamptonshire. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. In April 1640, he was elected Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire in the Short Parliament and was re-elected MP for Hertfordshire for the Long Parliament in November 1640. At first he supported the opposition to Charles's arbitrary government, on 5 December 1640 he delivered the "Petition from the county of Hertfordshire" outlining grievances against the King with Capell continuing to criticise the King and the Kings advisers right through to the summer of 1641. In June 1641 in an effort to raise additional revenue reduced the price of baronies from £400 to £350, and Arthur Capell was raised to the peerage by the title of Baron Capell of Hadham, in the County of Hertford, on the 6 August 1641. Capell was openly allying himself with the King's cause by early 1642, on which side his sympathies were engaged.
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