George Capell, 7th Earl of Essex
| George Devereux de Vere Capell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 October 1857 |
| Died | 25 September 1916 (aged 58) Newmarket, Suffolk |
| Cause of death | Road accident |
| Title | 7th Earl of Essex |
| Tenure | 1892–1916 |
| Other titles | 7th Viscount Malden, 8th Baron Capell of Hadham |
| Nationality | British |
| Residence | Cassiobury House, Watford |
| Wars and battles | Second Boer War |
| Offices | Deputy Lieutenant for Hertfordshire & Vice-Lord-Lieutenant for Hertfordshire |
| Predecessor | Arthur Capell |
| Successor | Algernon Capell |
| Spouse(s) | Adele Capell |
George Devereux de Vere Capell (24 October 1857 – 25 September 1916) was a British aristocrat who succeed to the title Earl of Essex in 1892.
Capell was born on 24 October 1857 in London, the son of Lt.-Col. Arthur de Vere Capell, Viscount Malden, and Emma Martha Meux. Upon the death of his grandfather, Arthur Capell, 6th Earl of Essex, on 11 September 1892, George Capell succeeded to the titles of 7th Viscount Malden, 7th Earl of Essex and 8th Baron Capell of Hadham.
Capell married twice; his first wife, Ellenor Harriet Maria Hartford, whom he married in 1882 died only three years later in 1885. Their only child, Algernon, was born in 1884.
In 1893 George Capell was married again, this time to the US socialite Adele Grant, daughter of the New York railway magnate David Beach Grant of the Grant Locomotive Works. The wedding at St Margaret's, Westminster, on 14 December 1893, was noted in the New York Times as a grand social event, presided over by Archdeacon Farrar, and accompanied by Sir Arthur Sullivan on the organ.
The couple had two daughters:
George Capell held a number of military posts, including the rank of officer in the Grenadier Guards, Aide-de-Camp to HM King Edward VII, and Colonel in the Territorial Forces. He was appointed a major in the Hertfordshire Yeomanry on 23 November 1893. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in South Africa in late 1899, he volunteered for active service and was seconded to the Imperial Yeomanry, where on 14 February 1900 he was appointed Second in Command of the 12th Battalion. He left Southampton in the SS Mexican in February 1900, and arrived in Cape Town the following month, serving in South Africa until 1901. Capell also held the offices of Deputy Lieutenant, Vice-Lord-Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire.
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