Robert Capell, 10th Earl of Essex

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Robert Edward de Vere Capell, 10th Earl of Essex (born January 13, 1920 † June 5, 2005 ) was a British peer and politician .

life and career

De Vere Capell was born in January 1920 to Arthur de Vere Capell and Alice Capell, née Currie. His father died when he was three. He spent some time in an orphanage where he was amazed when the director told him that one day he would be the Earl of Essex . That interest was rekindled many years later when he received a newspaper article from a friend saying that the Earl of Essex's heir might be an American, Bladen Horace Capell. This led to an intensive search by de Vere Capell, with numerous correspondence with many distant and previously unknown relatives. Ultimately, he proved that his great-grandfather Algernon Capell was the older brother of Bladen's great-great-grandfather Adolphus Capell.

He married Doris Margaret Tomlinson in 1942, daughter of George Frederick Tomlinson. They had a son, Paul, who later became the 11th Earl of Essex. When the 9th Earl died in 1981, it was 8 years before Robert could take his seat in the House of Lords . There he sat as a crossbencher . Its membership ended by the House of Lords Act 1999 . He did not run for one of the remaining seats.

Capell died in 2005 at the age of 85. His son inherited his title.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Conqueror 6 , entry Conqueror 6 , accessed April 21, 2014
  2. ↑ House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Elections website Election Demon , accessed April 21, 2014
  3. ↑ New Earl of Essex is ever so humble , Telegraph article , June 18, 2005
predecessor Office successor
Reginald Capell Earl of Essex
1981-2005 		Paul Capell
personal data
SURNAME Capell, Robert, 10th Earl of Essex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Capell, Robert Edward de Vere, 10th Earl of Essex (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1920
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 2005