Capel Hanbury (1707–1765) was an Anglo-Welsh businessman and Whig politician.
He was the third son of John Hanbury of Pontypool, an ironmaster, and his second wife Bridget Ayscough, daughter of Sir Edward Ayscough; and brother of Charles Hanbury Williams.[1] [2] He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1723. On his father's death in 1734, he inherited the family ironworks.[3]
In politics the Hanburys were Whigs, and allies of the Monmouthshire Morgan family.[4] Capel Hanbury at the end of his life was a Rockingham Whig.[5] He first became a Member of Parliament for Leominster in 1741, on the basis of a connection with Lady Coningsby.[6] He took over from his brother Charles in in 1747, holding the seat to his death in 1765.[2]
Hanbury married Jane Tracy, daughter of Thomas Charles Tracy, 5th Viscount Tracy. They had one son, John Hanbury, and two daughters Henrietta and Frances who died unmarried.[7]