- GB-2014-WSA-05168
- Person
- 1737-1763
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.