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Algernon Capel, 2nd Earl of Essex

(1670-1710), General

Later Stuart Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 4 portraits
Algernon Capel was a soldier and a courtier, who served under William III as a general. He also sat in the House of Lords, and was Lord-Lieutenant first of Dorset then of Hertfordshire from 1692 until his death, a post which made him responsible for local militia. Capel also acted as Constable of the Tower of London, although both his father and grandfather had been locked up there. Capel's father was imprisoned in the Tower in 1683 on suspicion of involvement in the Rye House Plot, an attempt to kill Charles II and his brother James. Before he could be tried he was found in his cell 'dead and wallowing in blood', having presumably cut his own throat.

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Algernon Capel, 2nd Earl of Essex, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt - NPG 143

Algernon Capel, 2nd Earl of Essex

after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1690-1695
NPG 143

Algernon Capel, 2nd Earl of Essex, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt - NPG 3207

Algernon Capel, 2nd Earl of Essex

by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1705
NPG 3207

Elizabeth, Countess of Essex and her children, after Unknown artist - NPG D30528

Elizabeth, Countess of Essex and her children

after Unknown artist
mezzotint, late 17th century
NPG D30528

Algernon Capel, 2nd Earl of Essex, by John Faber Jr, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt - NPG D33105

Algernon Capel, 2nd Earl of Essex

by John Faber Jr, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1732
NPG D33105

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