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| | EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF NORTHAMPTON - LoveToKnow Article on EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF NORTHAMPTON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | HENRY HOWARD, earl of Northampton (1540-1614), was the second son of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, the poet, and of Lady Frances Vere, daughter of the 15th earl of Oxford, and younger brother of Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk. |
 | | SPENCER C0MPT0N, 2nd earl of Northampton in the Compton line (1601-1643), was the son of William, 1st earl, lord president of the marches, whose father had been created Baron Compton by Elizabeth, and of Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir John Spencer, lord mayor of London. |
 | | On the 3rd of November 1616 he was created a Knight of the Bath, and was elected for Ludlow in the parliament of 1621, the same year being appointed master of the robes to the prince of Wales and attending the latter in the adventure to Spain in 1623. |
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