COMPTON, James (1622-81) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 19 Aug. 1622; 1st s. of Spencer Compton^†, 2nd earl of Northampton, and Mary, da. of Sir Francis Beaumont; bro. of Charles Compton^‡, Francis Compton^‡, William Compton^‡ Henry Compton, bishop of London. educ. Eton 1633-6; MA, Camb. 1636; Queens’, Camb., adm. fell. comm. 1637; travelled abroad (Low Countries) 1640; A. Hughes, Politics, Society & Civil War in Warwickshire, 119-20. DCL Oxf. 1642. m. (1) 5 July 1647 Isabella (d.1661) da. of Richard Sackville^†, 3rd earl of Dorset, 3s. d.v.p., 3da. d.v.p.; Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford, ed. D. J. H. Clifford, 101, 121-2, 130, 136, 140, 145, 153, 155, 157, 158, 163, 278; W. Bingham Compton, History of the Comptons of Compton Wynyates (1930), 110. (2) c.1664 (with £11,000) Mary (d.1719), da. Baptist Noel, 3rd Visct. Campden, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). Castle Ashby ms 1220; Comptons of Compton Wynyates, 124-5. Kntd. Oct. 1642. Comptons of Compton Wynyates, 84. d. 15 Dec. 1681; admon. 10 July 1682. TNA, PROB 6/57, f. 97.

Offices Held

Commr., confirming ministers 1660, CSP Dom. 1660–61, p. 350. freedom of trade with Scotland 1668; CSP Dom. 1667–8, p. 156. master of the leash 1661–d.; Birmingham City Archives, MS 3889/Acc1926–008/348060; Hants. RO, 1M44/1. PC 7 Mar. 1673-April 1679; Comptons of Compton Wynates, 128; TNA, PC 2/63, f. 1. constable, Tower of London 1675–9. CSP Dom. 1675–6, p. 169; Comptons of Compton Wynates, 128.

Ld. lt. Warws. 1660 – d., Tower Hamlets 1675–9; Castle Ashby ms, 1088; Comptons of Compton Wynyates, 128. recorder, Coventry 1660 – d., Northampton 1672–d.; Records of the Borough of Northampton, ii. 106–8; CSP Dom. 1672–3, pp. 46, 191. high steward, Tamworth 1663–d.; CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 325. chief ranger, Whittlewood and Saulcey Forests 1665 – d.; dep. kpr. of hawks, Saulcey Forest 1666 – d.; custos. rot. Northants. 1671–d. Comptons of Compton Wynyates, 128.

Capt. coy. of ft. (roy.), 1642; col. regt. of horse and ft. (roy.) 1643 – 45; gov. Banbury Castle, Oxon. 1643; Newman, Royalist Officers, 79. col. regt. of horse, 1662, CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 475; CSP Dom. 1665–6, pp. 454, 469. regt. of ft. 1673; CSP Dom. 1673, p. 287. capt. coy. of horse 1666. CSP Dom. 1667, p. 183.

FRS 1663.

Parlimentarian

COMPTON, James (1622-81)

Associated with: Castle Ashby, Northants.; Compton Wynyates, Warws.;Castle Ashby Ms, 1084/30.; Canonbury House, Islington, Mdx.; Northampton House, Clerkenwell, Mdx. and Lincoln’ Inn Fields, Westminster.Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford, 121-2, 147; Comptons of Compton Wynyates, 129.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas by W. Dobson, c. 1643, National Trust, Knole, Kent; oil on canvas by G. Honthorst, 1643, Compton Wynyates; oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, Castle Ashby.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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