Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare (1525 – 16 November 1585), also known as the "Wizard Earl" (a sobriquet also given to Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland), was an Irish peer. He was the son of Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare and his second wife Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare. FitzGerald became the sole male representative of the Kildare Geraldines at the age of twelve, after his half-brother, Silken Thomas, the tenth earl, was executed at Tyburn in 1537 with five of his uncles. He spent the next few years on the
Arthur Capell, 6th Earl of Essex aged 52 and so the Earl of Essex title passed to Arthur Algernon's grandson, George Capell. Photographic portraits of the 6th Earl are held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. Arthur Capell, 6th Earl of Essex Arthur Algernon Capell (27 January 1803 – 11 September 1892) was an English aristocrat who succeed to the title Earl of Essex in 1839. Arthur Algernon Capell was the son of Hon. John Thomas Capel and Lady Caroline Paget. He was the grandson of William Capell, 4th Earl of Essex from William's second marriage to Harriet Bladen. He was given the