Henry Capell (MP for Hertfordshire)

Henry Capell (born before 1537 – 1588), of Hadham Hall in the parish of Little Hadham in Hertfordshire and of Rayne in Essex, was an English politician.

[1] He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Capell (d.1577) of Aspenden Hall, Hertfordshire, by his wife Anne Pelham, a daughter of Sir William Pelham of Loughton in Essex.

He was a great-grandson of Sir William Capel (c.1446-1515) of Capel Court[2] in the parish of St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange in the City of London and of Hadham Hall, Lord Mayor of London.

He was a Justice of the Peace for Essex from 1575 and for Hertfordshire from 1577.

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