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 Marquess of Northampton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The title of Marquess of Northampton was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1812 for the Earl of Northampton.
An earlier Marquess of Northampton was William Parr, brother of Queen Catherine Parr, who was created Marquess by Edward VI in the Peerage of England, lost the title under Mary, and was granted a new creation of the title by Elizabeth, again in the Peerage of England.
The present (Compton) Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Northampton (1618), Earl Compton (1812), and Baron Wilmington (1812), the first in the Peerage of England, the latter two in the Peerage of the UK.
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'''Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton''' (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 November 3, 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.
Charles, William Compton William and Spencer all distinguished themselves in the king's cause - William was one of the original members of the Royalist organisation, The Sealed Knot.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 2828
William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton (M) b.
William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton was the son of Sir Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton and Frances Hastings.
She married, secondly, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex and Lettice Knollys, Countess of Essex, between 1583 and 1603.
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 COMPTON
Not only did he founded a chantry where prayers were said daily for her soul and those of his family members, but also the profits from certain of his lands in Leicestershire were earmarked for her use for the remainder of her life.
Compton died of the plague in Jun 1528.
Compton lived at Wooburn Manor and left it to his son Peter, a ward of Cardinal Wolsey.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 2829
Ulrick Bourke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde was the son of Richard de Burgh, 4th Earl of Clanricarde and Frances Walsingham.
She married William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton, son of Sir Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton and Frances Hastings, in 1594.
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 de Lacy ©   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Later in 1201, Roger was summoned to command 100 knights alongside of William Marshall, the Earl of Pembroke, to defend Normandy and all of John's Norman possessions against the aggression of the King of France.
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 Facilities at Canonbury Academy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Northampton family inherited Canonbury from Sir John Spencer, whose only child Elizabeth married William Lord Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton in 1599.
It has passed by direct male descent to the present 7th Marquess of Northampton.
Oliver Goldsmith lived from 1762 to 1764 in the Compton Room in the Tower and formed a close relationship with Samuel Johnson during this time.
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(1668), 186, Spencer, Earl of Northampton, was “born at Compton in Warwickshire, the very same day and hour that the Powder Traytors were defeated at Dun-church in that County”.
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During his minority the kingdom was ruled by William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, as regent, but after his death in 1219 the justiciar Hubert de Burgh was the chief power in the government.
Because of a quarrel with Thomas Mowbray, 1st duke of Norfolk, in 1398, Henry was exiled for six years by Richard, who promised that Henry would not lose his inheritance.
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 I15056: James (3rd Earl of Northampton) COMPTON (19 Aug 1622 - 15 Dec 1681)
I15056: James (3rd Earl of Northampton) COMPTON (19 Aug 1622 - 15 Dec 1681)
_Henry 1st Lord COMPTON ____________________+ _William (1st Earl of Northampton) COMPTON _
_Frances (of Huntingdon) HASTINGS __________+ _Spencer (2nd Earl of Northampton) COMPTON _
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 I31285: William (1st Earl of Northampton) COMPTON (ABT. 1568 - 24 Jun 1630)
I31285: William (1st Earl of Northampton) COMPTON (ABT.
_George (4th Earl of Shrewsbury) TALBOT ___+
_George (Ist Earl of Huntingdon) HASTINGS _+
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 Ancestors and/or Relations of William COMPTON 1st Earl of Northampton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Ancestors and/or Relations of William COMPTON 1st Earl of Northampton
William married Elizabeth SPENCER, daughter of Sir John SPENCER Lord Mayor of London and Alice BROMFIELD, after 15 Mar 1599.
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