Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (Hon. T. E. Capel, Capt. 1st Ft. Gds.) edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £1200-1500

The Honourable Thomas Edward Capel was born on 24 March 1770, a younger son of the 4th Earl of Essex. He became an Ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards on 10 April 1793, and served the campaigns in Flanders under H.R.H. the Duke of York in 1794, being promoted to Captain in October of that year. He served subsequently in Portugal and Spain, including the Corunna operations, where he commanded No. 7 Company of the 3rd Battalion, and was Assistant Adjutant General at Cadiz in 1811 . Capel became Lieutenant-General in July 1830, and General in November 1846. Prior to joining the Army, Capel graduated as B.A. from Oxford University in 1790, and M.A. in 1791, in which year he also became a Member of Lincolns Inn. General Capel died unmarried at his residence in London on 3 February 1855.