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XIII. 1754. 6. George (Compton), Earl of Northampton, br. and h. male, b. 1692; Major 2d troop of Horse Guarda, 1713; M.P. for Tamworth, 1727–35, and for Northampton, 1735–42 and 1747–54; a Lord of the Treasury, 1742–44; 'suc. to the peerage, 3 Oct. 1754. He m., 5 March 1748, Frances, da, of the Rev. Thomas Payne He d. s.p., 6 Dec. 1758, aged 66. Will pr. 1758. His widow m., 26 Nov. 1761, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Claudius {sc|Aamyand}}, sometime (1750) Under Sec. of State, who d. s.p. in Mount street, 1 April 1774, aged 55.(a)[1] She d. 25 Dec. 1801, aged 81, at Richmoud, co. Surrey. Will pr. 1801.

XIV. 1758. 7. Charles (Compton), Earl of Northampton, nephew and h., being 1st s. and h. of the Hon. Charles Compton, of Eastbourne, Sussex, by Mary, da. and h. of Sir Berkeley Lucy, Bart., of Broxbourne, Herts, which Charles last named (sometime Envoy to the Court of Portugal) was 3d s. of the 4th Earl, and d. 20 Nov. 1755. He was b. 22 July 1737; ed. at Westm. School and at Ch. Ch., Oxford; matric., 4 Jan. 1755, and then aged 17; suc. to the peerage, 6 Dec. 1758, and took his seat, 2 May 1759; D.C.L. of Oxford, 3 July 1759; bore the ivory rod with the dove, 22 Sep. 1761, at the Coronation of George III.; Ambassador to Venice, Aug. 1762 to June 1763. He m. 18 Sep. 1759, at Audley chapel, St. Geo. Han. sq., Anne, 1st da. of Charles Noel (Somerset), 4th Duke of Beaufort, by Elizabeth, sister and h. of Norborne, Lord Botetourt, da. of John Symes Berkley. She, who was b. 11 March 1740/1, and bap. at St. Geo. Han. sq., d. 18 May 1763, at Naples, and was bur. at Compton. He d. s.p.m. (b)[2] a few months later, 18 Oct. 1763, at Lyons, in France, aged 26, and was bur. 29 Nov. at Compton. Will pr. 6 Dec. 1763.

XV. 1763. 8. Spencer (Compton), Earl of Northampton, br, and h. male, b. 16 Aug. 1738; ed. at Westminster school; sometime, 1756–60, an officer in the Coldstream Guards, and the 70th foot; Groom of the Bedchamber, 1760–63; M.P. for Northampton, 1762–63; suc. to the peerage, 18 Oct. 1763, taking his seat Nov. following; Lord Lieut. of Northampton, 1771. He m. firstly in 1758, Jane, only surv. child of Henry Lawton, of Northampton. She d. at Castle Ashby, 26 Nov. 1767, and was bur. there. Admon. 8 May 1772. He m. secondly, 16 May 1769, at East Barnet, Herts, Anne Hougham, Spinster, who d. s.p. 1784. He d. at Berne in Switzerland,(c)[3] 7 April 1796, aged 57, and was bur. at Avenches, in the Canton of Berne. Will pr. Sep. 1796.

XVI. 1796.Marquessate.I. 1812. 9 and 1. Charles (Compton), {{Sc|Earl of Northampton, only s. and h., by first wife; b. 24 March 1760, and bap. 21 at Yardley Hastings, co. Northampton; styled Lord Compton, 1763–96; ed. at Trin. Coll., Cambridge; or. M.A. 1779 ; M.P. for Northampton, 1784–96, suc. to the peerage, 7 April 1796, taking his seat 9 May following; Lord Lieut. of Northamptonshire, 1796; F.S.A., &c. He was cr. 7 Sep. 1812, BARON WILMINGTON(d)[4] of Wilmington, co. Sussex. EARL COMPTON of Compton, co. Warwick, and MARQUESS of the county of NORTHAMPTON. He m. 18 Aug. 1787, at St. Margaret's, Westm., Mary, 1st da of Joshua Smith, of Erlestoke park, Wilts, by Sarah, da. of Nathaniel Gilbert, of Antigua He d. at Dresden, 24 May 1828, aged 68, and was bur. at Castle Ashby. Will pr. Aug. 1828. His widow d. at Brighton, 23 March 1843, in her 76th year, and was bur. at Castle Ashby. Will pr. May 1843.

  1. ↑ (a) Ped. of Amyand in "Mis. Gen. et Her.," N.S., vol. iv, p. 180.
  2. ↑ (b) Lady Elizabeth Compton, his only da, and h., b. 25 June 1760, m., 27 Feb. 1782, George (Cavendish), 1st Earl of Burlington, whose family thus acquired the estate of Compton Place, in Eastbourne, Sussex.
  3. ↑ (c) "The expenses of a Parliamentary contest at Northampton induced him for many years before his death to retire to Switzerland. See Gent. Mag., lxvi, p. 356." ["Collins," vol. iii, p 263.]
  4. ↑ (d) The Earldom of Wilmington had been conferred in 1730 on his great grand-uncle, Sir Spencer Compton, K.B., sometime Speaker of the House of Commons, on whose death s.p. in 1743 it had become extinct.
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