Article: The heir presumptive, it has been revealed, to the earldom of Essex is William Capell.(The Week ...)(Brief Article)

The heir presumptive, it has been revealed, to the earldom of Essex is William Capell. His fourth cousin, once removed, is the current incumbent--the eleventh--Frederick Paul de Vere Capell, who inherited the title in June at the age of 61. A bachelor, he has not yet produced any legitimate male offspring. The title, first created in 1139 for Geoffrey de Mandeville--a player of no fixed allegiance during the anarchy of King Stephen and the ascendancy of the Empress Matilda--has a checkered history. Several of the lines that have held ...

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