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a whole divifion of the latter. His fliip was at length 
fet on fire ; and, the majority of the Xrew having been 
killed, the officers and fome of the men got into the 
long boat ; but the earl of Sandwich refufed to quit his 
veflel, and periffied with her. 
The noble and valiant earl of Sandwich had i(Tue, 
i. Edward* fecond earl of Sandwich. 2. Sidney, who 
married Anne, daughter and heir of fir Francis Wort- 
ley of Wortley in the county of York, baronet; in 
eonfequence of which marriage he added to his own 
the name of Wortley. He w.as one of the fupporters 
of the bill of exclulion, and raifed a body of horfe in 
the reign of James II. to affift the prince of Orange. 
He had ilfue Edward (Wortley Montagu), ambalfador 
extraordinary to the Grand Signior, who married Mary, 
daughter of Evelyn Pierrepoint duke of Kinglton ; by 
which lady, who was the author of a celebrated collec¬ 
tion of Letters upon the Turkiffi Nation, and died Ati- 
guft 21, 1762, he had iflue Edward, author of a treatife 
upon Ancient Republics, who fpent the latter years of 
his life at Venice, living in the Turkiffi manner, and 
died in 1776. Mary, filter of the lad-mentioned Ed¬ 
ward, married John Stuart, earl of Bute in the king¬ 
dom of Scotland, and is in her own right baronefs 
Mountduart of Wortley in the county of York. The 
honourable Sidney Wortley Montagu died November 
11, 1727. 
Edward, third earl of Sandwich, had iflue Edward- 
Richard, lord vifcount Hinchinbroke, who married 
Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Alexander Popham of 
Littlecote in the county of Wilts, jJfquire; by which 
lady, who died March 20, 1761, fie had ilfue John, 
fourth earl of Sandwich, born November 3, 1718, who 
fucceeded Edward, his grand-father, the third earl, in 
1729; married Judith, daughter of Charles, vifcount 
Fane, of the kingdom of Ireland, on March 7, 1742 ; 
by whom (who died on July 17, 1797) he had ilTue, 1. 
John, the prefent earl; 2. Edward Montagu, born 
June 30, 1743, and died November 2, 1732; 3. Wil- 
liam-Augultus, born in February 1752, and died at 
Liffion, in January 1776, unmarried; 4. Mary, born 
February 23, 1748, who died June 25, 1761; William, 
born December 23, 1720; married, in October 1748, 
Charlotte, daughter of Francis Nailour, efq. and had 
ilfue a fon, William, and died February 10, 1737 ; 
Edward,-born April 7, 1715, died young; Mary, born 
June 18, 1709, died young; Elizabeth, born May 29, 
1711, who married, firlt, in September 1737, Kelland 
Courtenay, efq. fecond fon of fir William Courtenay, 
the great-grandfather of the late vifcount Courtenay, 
by whom Ihe had a fon, William, who was killed in 
Germany, in 1761, and two daughters: 1. Elizabeth, 
married to William Poyntz, efq. by whom ffie has if- 
fue, William-Stephen Poyntz, efq. M.P. for St. Al¬ 
ban’s;-married the filler and heir of the late vifcount 
Montagu : another fon in the army : Georgiana-Anne, 
married Edward Fawkener, efq. from whom ffie was 
divorced, and re-married', April 18, 1787, lord John 
Townlhend, fecond fon of George marquis Townf- 
hend, by whom ffie has ilfue: Ifabella-Henrietta, mar¬ 
ried, October 9, 1793, Edmund, eighth earl of Cork 
and Orrery; and Caroline-Amelia, married, in 1799, 
the honourable Courtenay Boyle, brother to the earl 
of Corke. 2. Mary, married Edmund, feventh earl 
of Cork and Orrery, by whom ffie had iflue, and died 
December 10, 1783. Their mother married, fecondly, 
William Stnuth, efq. and died December n, 1762, 
without ilfue by her fecond marriage. The earl de- 
ceafing April 30, 1792, was fucceeded by his fon, 
John, the prefent and fifth earl. 
Creations.—B aron Montagu, and Earl of Sand¬ 
wich, July 22, 1660. 
Residences. —Hinchinbroke-houfe, in the county 
of Huntingdon; and Swinley-lodge^ in Berklhire.__ 
Town-houfe, New Burlington-ftreet. 
1LDR Y. 
Armori a l Bearinc s.—S ee the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Pofl tot naufragia portum. —“ After fo 
many dangers I find a port.”' 
CAPEL CONINGSBY, EARL OF ESSEX. 
GEORGE-CAPEL CONINGSBY, Earl of ES¬ 
SEX, Vifcount Malden, and Baron Capel of Hadham; 
Lord Lieutenant of the county of Hereford ; Recorder 
of Leominlter, and Vice-prelident- of the Benevolent 
Inftitutmn ; born November 13,1758 ; fucceeded his 
father the late earl, March 5, 1799; married, June 6, 
1786, Mrs. E. Stephenfon, widow of Edward Stephen, 
fon, efq. 
The family of Capel is defcended from fir Richard de 
Capel, lord chief juftice of Ireland in the reign of 
Henry III. Sir William Capel was lord mayor of Lon¬ 
don in 1503 ; and on account of his great wealth be¬ 
came an objeCt of extortion to Empfon and Dudley, 
the confidential minilters of Henry VII. Refufing to 
pay a fecond fine which they impofed upon him, he 
was committed to the Tower, and regained his liberty 
upon the death of that monarch. His pollerity married 
into feveral of the mod confiderable families of the 
kingdom; and Arthur, the fixth in defcent from fir 
William, was by Charles I. created baron Capel of Had¬ 
ham. He exerted himfelf in favour of that monarch 
during the civil war; and, not difcouraged by its ill 
fuccefs, threw himfelf into the town of Colehefter, 
where, with the earl of Norwich,, and-the laft remains of 
the royal party, he endured the greateft hardffiips, and 
furrendered after a fiege of ten weeks, Auguft 28, 1648. 
He was beheaded March 9, 1649. He had ilfue; 1. Ar¬ 
thur, fecond lord Capel. 2. Henry, who wasappointed 
April 23, 1679, firft lord commiffioner of the admiralty, 
which office he refigned towards the clofe of that year. 
After the reiteration he was created, April 11, 1692, 
baron Capel of Tevvkeffiury, in the county of Gloti- 
cefter ; and May 27, 1769, was conllituted lord deputy 
of the kingdom of Ireland. Upon his death May 30,. 
1696, the title became extinCt. 
Arthur, fecond lord Capel of Hadham, was created 
vifcount Malden and earl of Elfex, and conllituted, Ali- 
gult 5, 1672, lord lieutenant of Ireland, which office he 
refigned in 1677. He was a perfon of confiderable weight 
with the fupporters of the bill of exclufion; and, whem 
Charles II. was defirous to nominate an adminiliration 
which ffiould partly confilt of the members of oppofi- 
tion, he was, March 26, 1679, conllituted firlt lord com¬ 
miffioner of the treafury, which office he refigned No¬ 
vember 19, in the fame year. He was committed to the 
Tower on a charge of being concerned in the Rye-houfe 
plot, where he is faid to have been murdered, July 13, 
1683. 
William, third earl of Elfexy his grandfon,. was ap-- 
pointed in 1731, his majelly’s ambaffador extraordinary 
and minilter plenipotentiary to the court of Turin, in 
which employment he continued till 1736, and was con¬ 
llituted, December 4, 1739, captain of the yeomen of the 
guard. He married, firlt, June, daughter of Henry Hyde, 
earl of Clarendon and Rocheller; by which lady he had 
iflue, Charlotte, born October 2, 1721, married to 
Thomas earl of Clarendon ; and Mary, born Octo¬ 
ber 1722, married to John, fon of the- earl of Granard, 
in the kingdom of Ireland. The earl of Effex.married, 
fecondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Wriothefley, fecond 
duke of Bedford; by which lady, whodied June 8, 1784,. 
he had iflue, Diana,, born February 22, 1728; Anne, 
born May 13, 1730; and William-Anne-Holles, the 
fourth earl, born October 7, 1732;. married, fu ll, Fran¬ 
ces, daughter of fir Charles-Hanbury Williams, knight 
of the bath, by Frances, daughter of Thomas earl of. 
Coninglby, by whom, who died July 19, 1739, he had 
ilfue, Elizabeth, born Auguft 10, 1735, married to John, 
lord Monfon, and had ilfue, George, the prefent earl; 
and Frances, born July 19,. 1739, and died an infant. 
His. 
