2S8 ESSEX. XXIV. 1743. If. William Ann Holles (Capel), Earl of Essex, &c, 1st s. and h. by 2d wife ; b. at Turin 7 Oct. 1 732 ; styled Viscount Malden till 1743 ; a Lord of the Bedchamber to Geo. II., 1755-60, ami to Geo. III., 17S2. Lord Lieut, of Herts, 1764-71 ; Matter qf the Stag Hounds, 1779- 82. He ?». firstly, 1 Aug. 1751, Frances, 1st da. and coheir of Sir Charles Hanihiiy- Wii.uams, K.B.,"by Frances, da. of Thomas (Conisosby), Earl ok Coningsby. She d. in childbed 19 and was Mir. 22 July 175!*, at Watford. He m. secondly, 2 March 1767, at St. Geo. Han. eq., Harriott, da. of Col. Thomas Bladen, of Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset. He d. 5 and was bur. 12 March 1799, at Watford, aged 66. Will pr. April 1799. His widow d. 12 March 1821, in her 87th year, at Curzou street, Mayfair. Will pr. 1821. XXV. 1799. 5. George (Capel-Coningsry), Earl of Essex, &c, s. and h. by 1st wife; b. 13 Nov. 175S ; styled Viscount M.m.den till 1799 : ed. at Corpus Coll., Cambridge ; M.A., 1777 ; took the name of C'oniivjsbu after that of C'apd on succeeding by the death (20 Dec. 1781), of his grandmother (Lady Frances Hanbury- Williams, ne'e Coniugsby), to Hampton Court, ("j co. Hereford, and other the estates of that family; was M.I*, for Westminster, 1779-80 ; for Lost- withiel, I7S1-S4; for Ofcehnmpton, 1784-90, and for Radnor, 1796-99. Lord Lieut, of co. Hereford, 1802-17 ; Recorder and High Steward of Leaminster, 1802; er. D.C.L. of Oxford, 3 July 1610 ; F.R.S., &&(•>) He to. firstly, 0 June 1786, at St. Marylebone, S.irah, widow of Edward Stkmienson, da.of Henry Bazett, of St. Helena. She, from whom he had long been separated, d. 16 Jany. 1838, in Hill street, Berkeley sq., aged 77. Will pr. March 1838. He in. secondly (three months subsequently) 19 April 1838, at his house in Belgravo square, Catharine, da. of Edward Stephens, of Leadwell, Oxon, n tradesman at the west end of London. The Earl d. s.p. in Belgravc square 23 April 1839, aged 81. Will pr: June 1S39. His widow well known (under the name of " Kitty Stephens ") as a vocalist( l 'j w:is h. in London Sep. 1794, d. of bronchitis, at 9 Belgrave square, 22 Sep. 1882, aged 87 or 91, ( d ) and was bur. in Kensal ( Ireen Cemetery. M.l. at Watford. Will pr. 6 April 1882, above £71,000, by her niece and universal legatee Esther Matilda Johnstone, spinster. XXVI. 1839. 0. Arthur Algernon (Capel, afterwards Capei.l)i Earl of Essex, kc, nephew anil h., being s. and h. of the Hon. John Thomas Cakel, by Caroline, da. of Henry (Paget), 1st Eaiil ok USBRTDQH, which John Thomas, who was 2d s. of the 4th Earl (being his lsts. by his 2d wife above- named) and br. of the half blood to the late Earl, d. 5 March 1819, in his 50th year. He was b. 28 Jan. 1803, at Holmbush, near Horsham, Sussex ; ed. at Eton, 1817 ; resumed the name of Capcll, in lieu of that of Capel, by royal lie. 23 July 1S80. He Hi. firstly 14 July 1825, at St. James, Westm., Caroline Janetta, 3d. da. of William (Bkauclehk), 8th Duke ok St. Ai.dans, by his 2d wife, Maria Janetta, da. and h. of John NeltHOBTE. She, who was b. 28 June 1S04, d. 22 Aug. 1862, aged 58 at Cassiobury Park. He m. secondly, 3 June 1863, at Trinity Church, Chelsea, Louisa Caroline Elizabeth, sister of Hichard Edmund St. Lawrence, 9th Earl ok Cork [I.], and 1st da. of Charles Boyle, Uylcd Viscount Dungahvan, by Catherine, ( a ) Hampton Court was sold by him in 1808. Some account thereof with several plates is in Robinson's " Mansions of Herefordshire," 1873, p. 148. ( b ) A friend of the Prince of Wales, of the same politics and pursuits, he was, as Lord Maiden, among " the men of fashion of that period (1780-99.) As to his tasto for the " violincillo " see vol. i, p. 352, note " a," sub " Bessborough." ( c ) She appeared first on the stage as an actress in 1813, excelling in low comedy. Her unrivalled voice aB a ballad singer will, however, be that by which she will bo remembered. It is (in a Bomewhat peculiar manner) thus alluded to on her mon. inscr. at Watford, where, however, she is not buried. "Rest undisturbed within this peaceful shrine, Till Angels wake thee with a note like thine." The age of 91 is on the monument at Watford but perhaps with no greater than the statement that she is buried within it.
