Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton
16th-century English politician and peer (1544–1589) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton (14 July 1544 – 10 December 1589), was an English peer and Member of Parliament.
Compton was the posthumous son of Peter Compton of Compton Wynyates and his wife Anne, daughter of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury,[1] and the grandson of Sir William Compton.[2] He was trained in the law at Gray's Inn (1563). He succeeded his father in 1544 and was knighted in 1567.[1]
He was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Old Sarum in 1563 and was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire for 1571–1572. In 1572, he was summoned to the House of Lords as Baron Compton, of Compton in the County of Warwick. After his ennoblement, Lord Compton was one of the peers at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1586.[1]
Lord Compton died in December 1589, aged 45, and was succeeded in the barony by his son from his first marriage, William, who was created Earl of Northampton in 1618.[1]