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In 1669, he was sent as ambassador to King Christian V of Denmark, in which capacity he gained credit by refusing to strike his flag to the governor of Kronborg.
At the Restoration, the 1st Earl extended the house; later, the 5th Earl added a Gothic exterior and an orangery, and redesigned the gardens.
In the Second Civil War he and Arthur, Lord Capell in raising troops for the Royalists, joined the Earl of Norwich, Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle in Essex and took part in the Siege of Colchester.
Essex was probably named after her maternal grandfather the 1st Earl of Essex.