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b. May 1601, 1st s. of William Spencer, 1st earl of Northampton and Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Spencer, alderman of London.Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 67, 73, 124. educ. at Court; Queen’s, Camb. 1614, MA 1615; ?travelled abroad 1619-20. Al. Cant.; CSP Dom. 1619-23, p. 107. m. Oct. 1621, Mary (d.18 Mar. 1654), da. of Sir Francis Beaumont of Glenfield, Leics., 6s, 2da. Chamberlain Letters, ii. 401-2; CP; J. Bridges, Hist. and Antiq. of Northants. i. 345. cr. KB 3 Nov. 1616; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 160. styled. Lord Compton 2 Aug. 1618; summ. to Lords in his fa’s barony as Lord Compton, by 1 Apr. 1626; CP. suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Northampton 1630. C142/476/144. d. 19 Mar. 1643. sig. Spencer Compton.
Offices Held

Warden, Whittlewood Forest, Northants. 1617-at least 1628; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 493; 1628–9, p. 354. freeman, Ludlow, 1621; Salop RO, LB2/1/1, f. 131. member, Council in the Marches 1627–30; HMC 12th Rep. iv. 251. ld. lt. Glos. and Warws. 1630–d.; APC, 1630–1, p. 284, 294; HMC 12th Rep. ix. 487; A. Hughes, Pols. Soc. and Civil War in Warws. 59–60. commr. knighthood fines, Warws. 1630 – 31, oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1632 – 42, sewers, Northants. 1634; E178/7154, f. 189C; 178/5687, ff. 5, 9; C181/4, ff. 110, 180. j.p. Glos., Northants. and Warws. 1634–42; Q.S.O.B. (Warws. county recs. i) ed. S.C. Ratcliff and H.C. Johnson, p. xxi; SP16/405. commr. array, Northants. and Warws. 1642; Northants. RO, FH133. collector, contributions (roy.) Northants. and Warw. 1642 – d.; commr. sequestration (roy.) Northants. 1642–d. Castle Ashby, ms 1083/6–9, 18.

Master of the robes, Prince Charle’s Household 1622 – 25, king’s Household 1626 – 30; master of the leash 1628. E101/436/3; E351/2809–11; CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 142.

Col. ft. (roy.) 1642 – d.; gov. Banbury Castle, Oxon. 1642 – d.; col.-gen. (roy.) Northants. and Warws. Feb. 1643–d. Castle Ashby, ms 1083/3, 5, 10, 12, 19.

Parlimentarian
COMPTON, Spencer, Lord Compton (1601-1643), of Castle Ashby, Northants., Compton Wynyates, Warws. and Ludlow Castle, Salop
Main residences: Castle Ashby, Northants.; Compton Wynyates, Warws.; Ludlow Castle, Salop.
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S.H.
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Commons 1604-1629
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COMPTON, Spencer, Lord Compton (1601-1643)

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