Mary Bentinck
1679-1726
Born: Deventer, Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
Died: 1662175, Devon, England
1679-1726
Born: Deventer, Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
Died: 1662175, Devon, England
Lady Mary Bentinck<sup>1</sup><div>F, #13629, b. 1679, d. 20 August 1726</div> <div>Lady Mary Bentinck|b. 1679\nd. 20 Aug 1726|p1363.htm#i13629|Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland|b. 20 Jul 1649\nd. 23 Nov 1709|p965.htm#i9646|Anne Villiers|d. 30 Nov 1688|p965.htm#i9648|Bernard Bentinck, Baron Bentinck|d. 29 Jul 1668|p1860.htm#i18600|Anne van Bloemendale|d. 30 Mar 1685|p1861.htm#i18601|Sir Edward Villiers|b. 15 Apr 1620\nd. c Jul 1689|p10562.htm#i105616|Lady Frances Howard|d. c Nov 1677|p2635.htm#i26348|</div><br><span>Last Edited=</span><span>22 May 2010</span> <div><div style="width: 350px"> <div>Lady Mary Bentinck<br>by Godfrey Kneller, 1692 <sup>2</sup></div></div> <span>Lady</span> <span>Mary</span> <span>Bentinck</span> was born in 1679.<sup>3</sup> She was the daughter of <span>Hans William</span> <span>Bentinck</span>, <span>1st Earl of Portland</span> and <span>Anne</span> <span>Villiers</span>.<sup>1,3</sup> She married, firstly, <span>Lt.-Gen.</span> <span>Algernon</span> <span>Capell</span>, <span>2nd Earl of Essex</span>, son of <span>Arthur</span> <span>Capell</span>, <span>1st Earl of Essex</span> and <span>Lady</span> <span>Elizabeth</span> <span>Percy</span>, on 28 February 1698.<sup>1</sup> She married, secondly, <span>Rt. Hon. Sir</span> <span>Conyers</span> <span>Darcy</span>, son of <span>Hon.</span> <span>John</span> <span>Darcy</span> and <span>Bridget</span> <span>Sutton</span>, on 2 August 1714.<sup>1</sup> She died on 20 August 1726.<sup>1</sup><br> From 28 February 1698, her married name became Capell. As a result of her marriage, Lady Mary Bentinck was styled as <em>Countess of Essex</em> on 28 February 1697/98. From 2 August 1714, her married name became Darcy.</div><div>Children of Lady Mary Bentinck and <span>Lt.-Gen.</span> <span>Algernon</span> <span>Capell</span>, <span>2nd Earl of Essex</span><ul><li><span>Lady</span> <span>Mary</span> <span>Capel</span><strong>+</strong><sup>1</sup> d. 12 Nov 1762</li><li><span>Lady</span> <span>Elizabeth</span> <span>Capell</span><sup>1</sup></li><li><span>William</span> <span>Capell</span>, <span>3rd Earl of Essex</span><strong>+</strong><sup>1</sup> b. 1697, d. 8 Jan 1743</li></ul></div><div>Citations<ol><li>[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, <em>Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes</em> (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1348. Hereinafter cited as <em>Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.</em></li><li>[S3409] Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family."</li><li>[S37] Charles Mosley, <em>Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition</em>, volume 3, page 3185.</li></ol></div>
Mary Capel, Countess of Essex<!-- /firstHeading --><!-- bodyContent --><div><!-- tagline --><div>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div><!-- /tagline --><!-- subtitle --><!-- /subtitle --><!-- jumpto --><div>Jump to: navigation, search </div><!-- /jumpto --><!-- bodycontent --><div><div><div style="width: 202px"><img class="thumbimage" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Lady_mary_bentinck_l.jpg/200px-Lady_mary_bentinck_l.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="244"> <div><div><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.18/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11"></div>Portrait of Lady Mary Bentinck by Godfrey Kneller, 1692</div></div></div><div><div style="width: 202px"><img class="thumbimage" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Sarah_Churchill_and_Lady_Fitzharding.jpg/200px-Sarah_Churchill_and_Lady_Fitzharding.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="264"> <div><div><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.18/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11"></div>Barbara Villiers(left), maternal aunt to Lady Mary Bentinck, playing cards with her closest friend, Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, c. 1702<sup><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></sup></div></div></div><p><strong>Mary Capel, Countess of Essex</strong> (1679 – 20 August 1726), born <strong>Lady Mary Bentinck</strong>, was the daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of stadtholder William, Prince of Orange (the future King of England) and his wife Anne Villiers (d. 30 November 1688).</p><p>Mary is one of the Hampton Court Beauties who was painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for Queen Mary II. Despite sharing a surname, Mary's aunt, Barbara Villiers, Viscountess FitzHarding was not the renowned courtesan and Windsor Beauty the Duchess of Cleveland, although there is a relation; the Duchess of Cleveland was Mary's first cousin once removed through her mother, Anne Villiers. Never the less Barbara Villiers was painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller.<sup><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></sup></p><tbody><tr><td><div id="toctitle"><h2>Contents</h2><span class="toctoggle"> [<a id="togglelink" href="http://null/#" class="internal">hide</a>] </span></div><ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://null/#Family"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Family</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://null/#Marriages"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Marriages</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://null/#Titles"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Titles</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="http://null/#Ancestry"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Ancestry</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="http://null/#References"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="http://null/#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://null/w/index.php?title=Mary_Capel,_Countess_of_Essex&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Family">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Family</span><p>Lady Mary's paternal grandparents were Sir Edward Villiers and Lady Frances Howard, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Suffolk and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Home (d. 19 August 1633), daughter of the 1st Earl of Dunbar. Through her grandfather, Sir Edward Villiers, she descended from Sir Oliver St. John and Margaret Beauchamp, mother to Lady Margaret Beaufort. Lady Mary's maternal grandparents were Bernard Bentinck, 6th Baron Bentinck of the Netherlands (d. 29 July 1668), a descendent from an ancient and noble family of Guelders and Overijssel, and his wife Anne van Bloemendale (d. 30 March 1685).<sup><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></sup></p><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://null/w/index.php?title=Mary_Capel,_Countess_of_Essex&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Marriages">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Marriages</span><p>Lady Mary married twice.</p><p>On 28 February 1698, she married Lt.-Gen. Algernon Capel (1670–1710), 2nd Earl of Essex. The couple had three children.<sup><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></sup></p><ul><li>William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex (1697–1743), married twice.</li></ul><p>1st: Lady Jane Hyde (d. January 1723/24), daughter of the 4th Earl of Clarendon. The marriage produced two daughters.<br>2nd: Lady Elizabeth Russell (d. 8 June 1784), daughter of the 2nd Duke of Bedford. Their son, William, became the 4th Earl of Essex.</p><ul><li>Lady Mary Capel (d. 12 November 1762), married Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton (d. 8 June 1747), had issue.</li><li>Lady Elizabeth Capell. She married twice, 1st: Samuel Molyneux, 2nd: Nathaniel St. André. Both marriages were childless.</li></ul><p>On 2 August 1714, she married Rt. Hon. Sir Conyers Darcy (died 1758), son of Hon. John Darcy (1659–1688) and Bridget Sutton.<sup><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></sup> The marriage was childless.</p><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://null/w/index.php?title=Mary_Capel,_Countess_of_Essex&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Titles">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Titles</span><ul><li>1679 - 28 February 1698: Lady Mary Bentinck</li><li>28 February 1698 - 10 January 1710: Lady Mary Capell, Countess of Essex</li><li>10 January 1710 - 2 August 1714: Lady Mary Bentinck, Dowager Countess of Essex</li><li>2 August 1714 - 20 August 1726: Lady Darcy</li></ul><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://null/w/index.php?title=Mary_Capel,_Countess_of_Essex&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ancestry">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Ancestry</span><tbody><tr><th style="width: 100%; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%"><span class="collapseButton">[<a id="collapseButton0" href="http://null/#">show</a>]</span>Ancestors of Mary Capel, Countess of Essex</th></tr><tr style="display: none"><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 90%"><tbody><tr align="center"><td rowspan="62"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="62"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="62"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="30"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="30"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="30"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #9fe; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">16. Eusebius Bentinck, 4th Baron Bentinck of the Netherlands</td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-left: black 1px solid; border-top: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #bfc; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">8. Hendrik Bentinck, 5th Baron Bentinck of the Netherlands</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-left: black 1px solid; border-top: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="6" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #9fe; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">17. Sophia d'Ittersum</td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffc; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">4. Bernard Bentinck, 6th Baron Bentinck of the Netherlands</td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-left: black 1px solid; border-top: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="14" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #bfc; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">9. Anne Beninga</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #fb9; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">2. <a href="http://null/wiki/William_Bentinck,_1st_Earl_of_Portland" title="William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland">William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland</a></td><td colspan="9" rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-left: black 1px solid; border-top: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="30" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="30"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="30"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #bfc; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">10. Hans Hendrik van Bloemendale, Seneschal of Vianen</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-left: black 1px solid; border-top: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="6" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffc; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">5. Anne van Bloemendale</td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #fcc; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">1. <strong>Lady Mary Bentinck, Countess of Essex</strong></td><td colspan="12" rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="62"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="62"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="62"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="30" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="30"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="30"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #9fe; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">24. <a href="http://null/wiki/George_Villiers_(of_Brokesby)" title="George Villiers (of Brokesby)">Sir George Villiers of Brokesby</a></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-left: black 1px solid; border-top: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #bfc; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">12. <a href="http://null/wiki/Edward_Villiers_(Master_of_the_Mint)" title="Edward Villiers (Master of the Mint)">Sir Edward Villiers, Master of the Mint</a></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-left: black 1px solid; border-top: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="6" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #9fe; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">25. Audrey Saunders</td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffc; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">6. <a href="http://null/wiki/Edward_Villiers_(1620%E2%80%931689)" title="Edward Villiers (1620–1689)">Sir Edward Villiers</a></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-left: black 1px solid; border-top: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="14" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #9fe; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">26. <a href="http://null/wiki/Theophilus_Howard,_2nd_Earl_of_Suffolk" title="Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk">Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk</a></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-left: black 1px solid; border-top: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #bfc; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">13. Lady Frances Howard</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #9fe; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">27. Lady Elizabeth Home</td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #fb9; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">3. Anne Villiers</td><td colspan="9" rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="30"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="30"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="30"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #9fe; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">28. Nicholas St. John</td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-left: black 1px solid; border-top: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #bfc; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">14. Sir John St. John</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-left: black 1px solid; border-top: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="6" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #9fe; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">29. Elizabeth Blount</td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffc; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">7. Barbara St. John</td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="14"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #9fe; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">30. <a href="http://null/wiki/Walter_Hungerford_(Knight_of_Farley)" title="Walter Hungerford (Knight of Farley)">Sir Walter Hungerford</a></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-left: black 1px solid; border-top: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #bfc; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">15. Lucy Hungerford</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="6"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #9fe; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; border: black 1px solid">31. <a href="http://null/wiki/Anne_Dormer,_Lady_Hungerford" title="Anne Dormer, Lady Hungerford" class="mw-redirect">Anne Dormer</a></td></tr><tr align="center"><td><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td><td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 0.5em; height: 0.5em"></div></td></tr><tr align="center"><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://null/w/index.php?title=Mary_Capel,_Countess_of_Essex&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">References</span><div style="list-style-type: decimal"><ol><li><strong>^</strong> Field, p. ix.</li><li><strong>^</strong> Crofts Peerage - Villiers, Dukes of Buckingham</li><li><strong>^</strong> Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1348.</li><li><strong>^</strong> Crofts Peerage, Earls of Essex</li><li><strong>^</strong> Crofts Peerage, Earl of Holderness</li></ol></div><ul><li>Field, Ophelia. The Favourite: Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. (ISBN 0-340-76808-8)</li></ul></div></div>
<span>Lady</span> <span>Mary</span> <span>Bentinck</span> was born in 1679.<sup>3</sup> She was the daughter of <span>Hans William</span> <span>Bentinck</span>, <span>1st Earl of Portland</span> and <span>Anne</span> <span>Villiers</span>.<sup>1,3</sup> She married, firstly, <span>Lt.-Gen.</span> <span>Algernon</span> <span>Capell</span>, <span>2nd Earl of Essex</span>, son of <span>Arthur</span> <span>Capell</span>, <span>1st Earl of Essex</span> and <span>Lady</span> <span>Elizabeth</span> <span>Percy</span>, on 28 February 1698.<sup>1</sup> She married, secondly, <span>Rt. Hon. Sir</span> <span>Conyers</span> <span>Darcy</span>, son of <span>Hon.</span> <span>John</span> <span>Darcy</span> and <span>Bridget</span> <span>Sutton</span>, on 2 August 1714.<sup>1</sup> She died on 20 August 1726.<sup>1</sup><br> From 28 February 1698, her married name became Capell. As a result of her marriage, Lady Mary Bentinck was styled as <em>Countess of Essex</em> on 28 February 1697/98. From 2 August 1714, her married name became Darcy.