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About Paul Capell, 11th Earl of Essex
- Frederick Paul de Vere Capell, 11th Earl of Essex (born 29 May 1944) is the current Earl of Essex.
- He succeeded his father Robert Capell, 10th Earl of Essex, in 2005. Born to Robert Capell and his wife Doris, Lord Essex began his life as Frederick Paul de Vere Capell.
- His father was a distant cousin to the 9th Earl of Essex. When his father proved that he was the heir to the earldom in 1989, Paul became entitled to call himself Viscount Malden.
- However, few people at Skerton County Primary School in Lancashire, where he was deputy headmaster, knew of his aristocratic status.Lord Essex is unmarried at age 75.
- If he dies without a legitimate son, the earldom will pass to William Jennings Capell, his fourth cousin once removed.
- William's father, Bladen Horace, was a strong claimant to the heirship of the earldom, before the 10th Earl proved his superior claim.
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