Sir Arthur Capell 1604 - 1649
Sir Arthur Capell , English Royalist leader. Member of Short and Long Parliaments (1640); lieutenant general of Shropshire, Cheshire, and North Wales (1643); escorted queen to Paris (1646); aided in the escape of "Charles I" to Isle of Wight (1647); one of leaders of Second Civil War (1648); captured in siege of Colchester (1648) and beheaded. His portrait is in the National Portrait gallery, London.
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| Born: Hadham Parva, Herts., , England 20th Feb 1604 | Baptised:
| | Died: Old Palace Yard, London, , , England 9th Mar 1649 | Buried:
| | Family: Capell |
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