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COMPTON, CHARLES, 7TH EARL OF NORTHAMPTON, eldest son of Hon. Charles Compton, HBM Consul and Envoy Extraordinary, Lisbon, and Mary, dau. of Sir Berkeley Lucy, Bart.; b. 22 Jul 1737; adm. May 1746 (Butler's); in school list 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Jan 1755; DCL 3 Jul 1759; Grand Tour (Italy) 1757-9; succ. uncle as 7th Earl of Northampton 6 Dec 1758; carried Queen’s ivory rod with dove at Coronation 22 Sep 1761; Ambassador to Venice 26 Aug 1762 - Jun 1763; m. 13 Sep 1759 Lady Anne Somerset, eldest dau. of Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (qv); d. at Lyon, France, 18 Oct 1763.

COMPTON, CHARLES, 1ST MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON, only son of Spencer Compton, 8th Earl of Northampton (qv), and his first wife; bap 21 Mar 1760; adm. 4 Mar 1768; left Dec 1770; went to Ealing Sch.; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 9 Nov 1776; MA 1779; Capt., Northants Militia 24 Mar 1777, Maj. 9 Jan 1780; MP Northampton 1784 - 7 Apr 1796; succ. father as 9th Earl of Northampton 7 Apr 1796; Lord Lieut., Northamptonshire, from 11 Jun 1796; created Marquis of Northampton 7 Sep 1812; m. 18 Aug 1787 Mary, eldest dau. of Joshua Smith MP, Erlestoke Park, Wilts.; d. 24 May 1828.

COMPTON, SPENCER, 8TH EARL OF NORTHAMPTON, brother of Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton (qv); b. 5 Aug 1738; adm. May 1746 (Butler's); in school list 1754; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 21 Jan 1756; Capt., 31st (afterwards 70th) Foot, 2 Sep 1757; 50th Foot, 4 Sep 1760, sold out 1761; Groom of the Bedchamber 25 Nov 1760 - 18 Oct 1763; MP Northampton 1761 - 18 Oct 1763; succ. brother as 8th Earl of Northampton 18 Oct 1763; Lord Lieut., Northamptonshire, from 6 Jul 1771; went to live in Switzerland in 1770s; m. 1st, 1758 Jane, dau. of Henry Lawton, Northampton; m. 2nd, 16 May 1769 Anne Hougham; d. at Bern, Switzerland, 7 Apr 1796.

COMPTON-SMITH, WILLIAM, only son of William Compton-Smith, Sumner Place, Kensington, solicitor, and Mary Isabel, dau. of John Richardson, Swansea, Glamorgan; b. 18 Nov 1859; adm. 15 Apr 1873 (James'); Min. Can. 1874; left May 1878; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1878, matr. Mich. 1878; BA and LLB 1882; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 21 Jun 1882; Midland Circuit; m. 6 Sep 1888 Henrietta Beatrix, dau. of Sir Joseph Cocksey Lee, Kt, Park Gate, Altrincham, Cheshire; d. 12 Feb 1936.

COMYN, EDWARD, second son of Fitzwilliam Comyn, London, solicitor, and Harriet Palmer (IGI); b. 7 Oct 1837; adm. (G) Jun 1854; adm. Middle Temple 12 Nov 1857, called to bar 6 Jun 1860; South-Eastern Circuit; still in Law List, 1900; m. 23 Aug 1864 Mary Louisa, eldest dau. of John Pullen, Middle Temple, London, solicitor.