Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham

The Lord Capell of Hadham
Member of Parliament
for Hertfordshire
In office
1640–1641
MonarchCharles I
Personal details
Born(1608-02-20)20 February 1608
Hadham Hall, Hertfordshire, England
Died9 March 1649(1649-03-09) (aged 41)
Old Palace Yard, Westminster, England
SpouseElizabeth Morrison
Relations
  • Sir Henry Capell (father)
  • Theodosia Montagu (mother)
Children
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge
OccupationRoyalist army officer and Member of Parliament
Military service
AllegianceRoyalist
RankLieutenant-General
Battles/warsEnglish Civil War
Arms of Capell: Gules, a lion rampant between three cross-crosslets fitcheé or[1]

Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham[2] (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.

  1. ^ Montague-Smith 1968, p. 430.
  2. ^ The variant spelling "Capel" is frequent in historical sources.

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