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.[3] On his father's death in 1734, he inherited the family ironworks.[4]
In politics the Hanburys were Whigs, and allies of the Monmouthshire Morgan family.[5] Capel Hanbury at the end of his life was a Rockingham Whig.[6] He first became a Member of Parliament for Leominster in 1741, on the basis of a connection with Lady Coningsby.[7] He took over from his brother Charles in Monmouthshire 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.[8]