Paul Capell, 11th Earl of Essex

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Frederick Paul de Vere Capell, 11th Earl of Essex (born 29 May 1944) is the current Earl of Essex. He succeeded his father Robert Capell, 10th Earl of Essex, in 2005.

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Born to Robert Capell and his wife Doris, Lord Essex began his life as Frederick Paul de Vere Capell. His father, a Lancashire grocer, was a distant cousin of the 9th Earl of Essex. [1]

Capell’s career was as a schoolteacher. He was deputy head at Marsh County Primary School from 1966 to 1978, briefly headteacher at Cockerham Parochial Church of England School, from 1979 to 1980, and finally deputy head and Acting Head at Skerton County Primary School in Lancashire from 1981 to 1995. [2]

When his father proved that he was the heir to the earldom in 1989, Paul Capell became entitled to the courtesy title of Viscount Malden. However, few people at his primary school knew of this, and when he inherited the earldom in 2005 The Daily Telegraph noted that the new Earl of Essex was "ever so humble". [3]

Essex is unmarried at age 78. If he dies without a legitimate son, the earldom will pass to William Jennings Capell, his fourth cousin once removed, [2] whose father, Bladen Horace, was a strong claimant to the earldom, before the 10th earl proved his better claim.

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References

  1. The Earl of Essex (obituary) The Daily Telegraph , 18 June 2005, accessed 26 September 2022 (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 "Essex, Earl of (E, 1661)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  3. Bunyan, Nigel; Fenton, Ben (17 June 2005). "New Earl of Essex is ever so humble" . Retrieved 5 May 2020 via www.telegraph.co.uk.
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Essex
2005–present
Incumbent
Heir:
William Jennings Capell
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gentlemen
The Rt Hon The Earl of Essex
Succeeded by
The Rt Hon The Earl of Carlisle