COMPTON, Sir William (c.1625-63), of Linton, Cambs. and Drury Lane, Westminster.

Family and Education

b. c. 1625, 3rd s. of Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton; bro. of Sir Charles Compton and Sir Francis Compton. educ. Eton 1634-6; travelled abroad 1646-8. m. c.1651, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Bt., of Helmingham, Suff., wid. of William, 1st Baron Alington [I], of Horseheath, Cambs., s.p. Kntd. 12 Dec. 1643.W. B. Compton, Compton of Compton Wynyates, 120; D. Underdown, Royalist Conspiracy, 85; Cal. Comm. Comp. 1831.

Offices Held

Maj. of ft. (royalist) 1643, lt.-col. 1644 – 45; lt.-gov. Banbury Castle 1644 – 46; col. of horse 1645 – 46; maj.-gen. 1648.P. Young, Edgehill, 231; W. H. Black, Docquets of Letters Patent, 282–3; Compton, 89; List of Officers Claiming (1663), 30; Add. 29570, f. 57.

Master of the Ordnance June 1660 – d.; PC 3 Apr. 1662 – d.; commr. for Tangier 1662 – d.; treas. loyal and indigent officers fund 1662–d.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 44; Add. 1660–85, p. 92; Pepys Diary, 27 Oct. 1662.

J.p. Cambs. July 1660 – d., dep. lt. c. Aug. 1660 – d.; commr. for assessment, Cambs. Aug. 1660 – d., Warws. 1661 – d.; chairman, corporations commission, Cambs. 1662 – 63; commr. for loyal and indigent officers, Cambs. London and Westminster 1662.Camb. Antiq. Soc. Procs. xvii. 105.

Parlimentarian

COMPTON, Sir William (c.1625-63), of Linton, Cambs. and Drury Lane, Westminster.

Main residences: Linton, Cambs.; Drury Lane, Westminster.

Author

E.R.E.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

COMPTON, Sir William (c.1625-63)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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