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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.

COMYN, EDWARD, son of Stephen Comyn, barrister, Bencher Inner Temple, Clerk to Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s, and Elizabeth, only child of Edward Tay, All Hallows, Honey Lane, London, and Frierning, Essex, citizen and draper; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1748 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Nov 1755. scholar 14 May 1756, matr. 1756; adm. Inner Temple 1 Dec 1752, called to bar 25 Nov 1757; d. 3 Jan 1760.

COMYN, FREDERICK FITZWILLIAM, brother of Edward Comyn (adm. 1854 (qv) ); b. 18 Jan 1839; adm. (G) Jun 1854; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1859; Ensign, 30th Bombay Native Infantry, 27 Feb 1859; Lieut., 26 Sep 1860; Quartermaster and Wing Officer, 4th Native Infantry, 3 Oct 1864; Capt., 14 Nov 1868; Maj., 27 Feb 1879; Wing Commander, 8 Apr 1881; Lieut. -Col., 27 Feb 1885; retd. 23 Nov 1888; served in Afghan War 1879; m. 1869 Henrietta Frances Barrow (IGI); d. 15 Jul 1915.

COMYN, HENRY, brother of Stephen George Comyn (IGI); bapt. 5 Jun 1775 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 15) 1792; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Dec 1795; BA 1799; MA 1806; ordained; Vicar of Manaccan, Cornwall, 14 Nov 1821; Vicar of Sancreed, Cornwall, 13 Oct 1837; m. Jun 1814 Philadelphia, dau. of John Heylyn (IGI); d. 30 Jul 1851.

COMYN, ROBERT VALENS, brother of Edward Comyn (adm. 1748 (qv)); b. 9 Aug 1741 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1756; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Apr 1759; adm. Inner Temple 22 Jan 1760, called to bar 25 Jun 1762, Bencher 1797; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1772 to death); succeeded his father as Clerk to Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s, to resignation 1798; m. 28 Oct 1779 Elizabeth Metcalfe, Tottenham, Middlesex (IGI); d. 25 Oct 1799.

COMYN, STEPHEN GEORGE, son of Stephen Comyn [? Cornhill, London, merchant], and Mary Wilsonn (IGI); b. 29 Dec 1763; adm. 11 Oct 1775; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Nov 1782, aged 18; BA 1788; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1795, priest 21 Dec 1795 (both Winchester) to curacy of Brading, Isle of Wight; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1798, still 1801; on Lord Nelson’s ship at battles of The Nile and Copenhagen; Rector of Bridgham, Norfolk, from 8 Jul 1802; Vicar of Roudham, Norfolk 28 Apr 1826-35; m. (by c. 1795) Charlotte ---; d. 3 Mar 1839.

COMYN, VALENS RICHARD, son of James Comyn, and Alice Ottley (IGI); b. 21 May 1763 (IGI); adm. 15 Jun 1773; left 1779; Lieut., Royal Navy, 6 Dec 1793; d. 28 Jun 1810, aged 45.