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Ricoprì la carica di Lord of the Bedchamber di Guglielmo III (1691-1702). Fu colonnello dei dragoni (1693-1710). Nel 1704 fu promosso al grado di Maggiore Generale mentre, nel 1708, fu promosso a tenente generale.
La famiglia Capell (o Capel) discende da sir Arthur Capell di Raines Hall nell' Essex e di Hadham nell' Hertfordshire. Suo nipote Arthur Capell venne elevato nel 1641 alla parìa d'Inghilterra col il titolo di barone Capell di Hadham, nella contea di Hertford.
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He was the son of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex (1631–1683) by his wife Elizabeth Percy, a daughter of Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland.
After his father's suicide in 1683, Capell became the 2nd Earl of Essex. He held the office of Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King William III between 1691 and 1702. As Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire he was Colonel of the Hertfordshire Militia in 1697. He was Colonel of the 4th Dragoons between 1693 and 1710. In 1708 was made a Privy Counsellor b...
On 28 February 1692 Algernon Capell married Mary Bentinck, a daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portlandby his wife Anne Villiers, by whom he had three children: 1. William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex (1697–1743), son and heir, who married twice. Firstly to Lady Jane Hyde (died January 1723/24), daughter of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon, b...
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.
i) of Algernon, 2nd Earl of Essex, dated 1701. Paper; ff. iv+128. 285 x 190mm. 18th cent. binding of gold t..., 1647-1648 British Library
Algernon Capell; Ritratto del conte di Essex, di Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1705, National Portrait Gallery di Londra.
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.
