Capel Hanbury Explained

Capel Hanbury (1707–1765) was an Anglo-Welsh businessman and Whig politician.

Life

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]

Family

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hanbury, John (?1664-1734), of Pontypool, Mon., History of Parliament Online . www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  2. Web site: Hanbury, Capel (1707-65), of Pontypool, Mon., History of Parliament Online . www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  3. http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s-HANB-URY-1664.html Welsh Biography Online, Hanbury, John, II.
  4. Web site: Monmouthshire | History of Parliament Online.
  5. Web site: HANBURY, John (1744-84), of Pontypool, Mon. | History of Parliament Online.
  6. Web site: Leominster | History of Parliament Online.
  7. Book: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . 1860 . Henry Colburn . 966 . en.