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'Compton01'
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Families covered:
Compton of Compton, Compton of Minstead, Compton of Northampton
| Robert de Compton (d 1440) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Edmund de Compton | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir William Compton, Chancellor of Ireland (d 31.05.1528) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Werburge Brereton (dau of Sir John Brereton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Peter Compton (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Talbot (dau of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Henry Compton, 1st Lord (b 16.02.1537/8, d 1589) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Frances Hastings (dau of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton (d 24.06.1630) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1594) Elizabeth Spencer (dau of Sir John Spencer, Lord Mayor of London, by Alice Bromfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton (b 05.1601, d Hopton Heath 19.03.1642-3) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1621) Mary Beaumont (dau of Sir Francis Beaumont, of Glenfield family, brother of Mary, Countess of Buckingham) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton (b 19.08.1622, d 15.12.1681) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (05.07.1647) Isabella Sackville (dau of Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Alathea Compton (dsp 1678) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Edward Hungerford | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Noel (d 20.08.1719, dau of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton (b 18.10.1664, d 15.04.1727) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1686) Jane Fox (d 10.06.1721, dau of Sir Stephen Fox) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton (d 03.10.1754) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.03.1715-6) Elizabeth Shirley, Baroness Ferrers of Chartley (sister of Robert Shirley, Viscount Tamworth) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Charlotte Compton, Baroness (d 03/14.09.1770) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.12.1751) George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, Field Marshal, Governor of Jersey (b 28.02.1724, d 14.09.1807) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | George Compton, 6th Earl of Northampton (dsp 06.12.1758) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.03.1748) Frances Payne (d 25.12.1800, dau of Rev. Thomas Payne) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Charles Compton (d 20.11.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.08.1727) Mary Lucy (dau of Sir Berkeley Lucy, Bart of Broxbourn) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton (d 18.10.1763) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.09.1759) Anne Somerset (dau of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Elizabeth Compton (d 07.04.1835) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.02.1782) George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (b 31.03.1754) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Spencer Compton, 8th Earl of Northampton (b 05.08.1738, d 07.04.1796) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1758) Jane Lawton (d 26.11.1767, dau of Henry Lawton of Northampton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) |
Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton (b 24.03.1760, d 24.05.1828) |
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| m. (18.08.1787) Maria Smith (d 24.03.1843, dau of Joshua Smith of Erle Stoke Park) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton (b 021.01.1790, d 17.01.1851) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.07.1815) Margaret Clephane (d 02.04.1830, dau of Douglas Maclean Clephane of Torloisk, Maj. General) | |||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Frances Elizabeth Compton (d 02.03.1883) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.02.1829) Charles Scrase Dickins of Coolhurst | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Frances Compton (d unm 1832) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1769) _ Hougham | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Mary Compton | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Richard Haddock | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Arthur Scott | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Jane Compton (d 01.1757) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.02.1753) George Brydges Rodney, 1st Lord (b 19.02.1718, d 21.05.1792, Admiral) | |||||||||||||||
| ((E)) | Catherine Compton, Baroness Arden of Lohort Castle (d 17.06.1784) | ||||||||||||||
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m. (26.01.1756) John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont (b 24.02.1710-1, d 04.12.1770) |
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| ((F)) | Elizabeth Compton (d 25.03.1819) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.03.1761) Henry Drummond of The Grange (d 1795) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Mary Compton | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Gore of Tring Park | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Anne Compton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Rushout, 4th Bart of Northwick (d 1775) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (03.07.1726) Elizabeth Rushout (d 15.01.1749-50, dau of Sir James Rushout, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | James Compton (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | Spencer
Compton, Earl of Wilmington, Prime Minister (d unm 04.07.1743) |
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| (e) | Juliana Compton (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (f) | Mary Compton (d 06.08.1691) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.03.1685) Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset (b 24.01.1637, d 29.01.1705/6) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sir Charles Compton (d 11.1661) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Fermor (dau of Sir Hatton Fermor of Easton Neston) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Mary Compton apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.05.1676) James Lane, 2nd Viscount Lanesborough (b 1649/50, dsp 1724) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Sir William Compton (d 1663) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Sir Spencer Compton (d unm 1659) | ||||||||||||||
| (v) | Sir Francis Compton (d 20.12.1716, Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Trevor (dau of Sir John Trevor of Trevallyn) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Henry Compton, Bishop of London (b c1633, d 07.07.1713) | ||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Anne Compton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.1656) Sir Hugh Cholmley, Bart of Whitby (d 09.01.1688) | |||||||||||||||
| (viii) | Penelope Compton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Nicholas | |||||||||||||||
| According to TCP (Muncaster) the undermentioned James Compton was great-grandson of Spencer, 2nd Earl of Northampton. According to a book on the Penningtons (see under 'Pennington1'), James's father was Hutton Compton. Hence, one of the above (Charles, William, Spencer, Francis or Henry) must have been father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Hutton Compton | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | James Compton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Riggs of New York (probably dau of Samuel Riggs of London) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Penelope Compton (b c1744, d 15.11.1806) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.09.1778) Sir Joseph Pennington, 1st Lord Muncaster (b 1737, d 08.10.1813) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Elizabeth Compton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (?) Robert, Earl of Nithsdale | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Anne Compton (d 17.08.1645) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.1622) Ulick Bourke, 5th Earl, Marquess of Clanricarde (b before 08.12.1604, d 07.1657) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Thomas Compton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Beaumont, Countess of Buckingham (relict of Sir George Villiers) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Margaret Compton (d before 03.1644/5) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 01.10.1593) Henry Mordaunt, 4th Lord (b by 1510, d 13.02.1608/9) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Spencer (dau of Sir John Spencer of Althorp) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Sir Henry Compton of Brambletye House | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Cecily Sackville (dau of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from BLG1952 (Compton of Minstead Manor). | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard Compton of Minstead & Bisterne (b 1604, d 1684) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1656) Amey Warre (dau of Henry Warre of Horton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Henry Compton (bpt 26.06.1664, d 1701) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1690) Elizabeth Hoby (dau of Sir Thomas Hoby of Cadoxton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Hoby Compton of Minstead (d unm 1714) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Henry Compton of Minstead (dsp 1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elianor Willis (dau of John Willis of Ringwood) | |||||||||||||||
| Minstead passed to one of Elianor's nephews who assumed the name Compton. | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | oter issue - Richard (d young), 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Cicely/Cecily Compton (d 24.03.1675/6) apparently of this generation, of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir John Fermor of Somerton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Henry Arundell, 3rd Lord of Wardour (bpt 23.02.1607/8, d 28.12.1694) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Browne (dau of Hon. Sir George Browne, widow of Thomas Paston of Thorpe) | |||||||||||||||
| Sir Henry had issue by both marriages. Probably of this generation, but by which marriage is not known, was ... | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anthony Roper of Well Hall | |||||||||||||||
Main sources: BP1934
(Northampton)
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