Ingram Ord Capper (17 November 1907 − 12 July 1986) was a British

sports shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...

. He competed in the 100 m running deer event at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

Early life

Capper was the elder son (there being also two daughters) of Captain Robert Harcourt Ord Capper, Prince of Wales's

North Staffordshire Regiment The North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, which was in existence between 1881 and 1959. The 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot was created on 21 April 1758 from the 2nd Battali ...

, of The Northgate,

Herefordshire Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthshire ...

, by his wife Lilian Georgette, eldest daughter of Conservative politician Wilson Noble, of Park Place,

Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames ( ) is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, northeast of Reading, west of Maidenhead, southeast of Oxford and west of London (by road), near the tripoint of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buc ...

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

. Lilian Capper was a granddaughter of the American painter

William Parsons Winchester Dana William Parsons Winchester Dana (18 February 1833 – 8 April 1927) was an American artist who settled in France. Later he emigrated to London, and became a naturalised British Subject. His paintings were generally small, painted with oils on can ...

. The Capper family, mainly lawyers and clergymen, were landed gentry, of Lyston Court,

Ross Ross or ROSS may refer to: People * Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan * Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning * Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland Places * RoSS, the Republic of Sou ...

, Herefordshire. He was noted, as a member of the Bromyard and District Local History Society, to be a descendant of Christopher Capper, of

Bromyard Bromyard is a town in Herefordshire, England, in the valley of the River Frome. It lies near the county border with Worcestershire on the A44 between Leominster and Worcester. Bromyard has a number of traditional half-timbered buildings, inclu ...

, Herefordshire, bailiff of that place, a grazier, and owner of the White Horse Inn on Cruxwell Street.

Career

A stockbroker, Capper served as a Lieutenant in the

Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve, they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was formed by merging the original Ro ...

during

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Later life

Capper lived at

Polstead Polstead is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. The village lies northeast of Nayland, southwest of Hadleigh and north of Colchester. It is situated on a small tributary stream of the River Stour. Histo ...

, Suffolk. His daughter, Romayne (1936–1985), married into the family of the Earls of Bradford. His younger brother, Neston Dana Ord Capper (b. 1911), of Lower Hope, Ullingswick, was

High Sheriff of Herefordshire This is a list of Sheriffs and, since 1998, High Sheriffs of Herefordshire The position of Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in each county, but over the centurie ...

in 1971.The London Gazette, 29 January 1971, p. 1016 URL= https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45291/page/1016/data.pdf

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Capper, Ingram Ord 1907 births 1986 deaths Military personnel from Herefordshire British male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Great Britain Shooters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ross-on-Wye Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Royal Navy officers of World War II