page_title: Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex
section_title: Youth
hierarchical_section_title: Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex / Youth
caption_attribution_description: English: Arthur Capel, 1st Earl of Essex and Elizabeth, Countess of Essex oil on canvas 102.7 x 127.9 cm
context_page_description: Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, PC, also spelled Capel, of Cassiobury House, Watford, Hertfordshire, was an English statesman.
context_section_description: In June 1648, then a sickly boy of sixteen, he was taken by Lord Fairfax's soldiers from Hadham to Colchester in Essex, which town his father was defending, and was carried every day around the works with the hope of inducing Lord Capel to surrender the town.
caption: Arthur Capel, 1st Earl of Essex and his wife Elizabeth, Countess of Essex, by studio of Peter Lely
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