Biography of Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton 1790-1851

On 18th August 1787 [his father] Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton (age 27) and [his step-mother] Maria Smith Marchioness Northampton (age 21) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton (age 49) and [his grandmother] Jane Lawton Countess Northampton.

On 2nd January 1790 Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton was born to [his father] Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton (age 29).

On 7th April 1796 [his grandfather] Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton (age 57) died. His son [his father] Charles (age 36) succeeded 9th Earl of Northampton. [his step-mother] Maria Smith Marchioness Northampton (age 30) by marriage Countess of Northampton.

In 1812 [his father] Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton (age 51) was created 1st Marquess Northampton, 1st Earl Compton of Compton in Warwickshire, 1st Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex. [his step-mother] Maria Smith Marchioness Northampton (age 46) by marriage Marchioness Northampton.

On 24th June 1815 Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 25) and Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 23) were married. He the son of Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton (age 55).

In 1816 [his son] Charles Compton 3rd Marquess Northampton was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 25) and [his wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 24). He married 5th July 1859 Theodosia Harriett Elizabeth Vyner.

On 21st June 1817 [his daughter] Marianne Margaret Compton was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 27) and [his wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 25). She married 1841 John Hume Egerton, son of John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow and Amelia Sophia Hume, and had issue.

In 1818 [his son] William Compton 4th Marquess Northampton was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 27) and [his wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 26). He married 21st August 1844 Eliza Harriet Elliot Marchioness Northampton and had issue.

In 1825 [his son] Bishop Alwyne Compton was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 34) and [his wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 33).

On 24th May 1828 [his father] Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton (age 68) died. His son Spencer (age 38) succeeded 2nd Marquess Northampton, 10th Earl of Northampton, 2nd Earl Compton of Compton in Warwickshire, 2nd Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex. [his wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 36) by marriage Marchioness Northampton.

On 14th March 1830 [his daughter] Margaret Compton was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 40) and [his wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 38) in Rome, Italy [Map]. She married 1st June 1851 her half fifth cousin once removed Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower, son of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville and Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville, and had issue.

On 2nd April 1830 [his wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 38) died in Rome. She was buried in Naples. Monument at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map] sculpted by Pietro Tenerani (age 40) in 1836.

In 1841 [his son-in-law] John Hume Egerton (age 28) and [his daughter] Marianne Margaret Compton (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 50) and [his former wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton. He the son of John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow (age 61) and Amelia Sophia Hume.

On 21st August 1844 [his son] William Compton 4th Marquess Northampton (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Eliza Harriet Elliot Marchioness Northampton (age 24) were married at Naples [Map]. He the son of Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 54) and [his former wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton.

Around 1845. Thomas Phillips (age 74). Portrait of Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 54).

On 17th January 1851 Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 61) died. He was buried at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map]. His son Charles (age 35) succeeded 3rd Marquess Northampton, 11th Earl of Northampton, 3rd Earl Compton of Compton in Warwickshire, 3rd Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex.

After 17th January 1851. Monument to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (deceased) at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map]. Angel of the Resurrection sculpted by Pietro Tenerani (age 61) in 1866. The quote from First Letter to the Corinthians Chapter 15 Verse 52. The inscription on the side Marmoris hoc sculpti eloquens silentium spe futuri patri charissimo dicavit filius.

General photos of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Easton Maudit [Map]. The floor tiles Minton installed by donated by [his son] Bishop Alwyne Compton son of Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton who lived at near by Castle Ashby House, Northamptonshire.

Floor tiles at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map]: Here lies the bodies of [his grandmother] Jane the first wife of [his grandfather] Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton, [his father] Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton, Mary his wife also of Spencer Second Marquis of Northampton and Margaret his wife and also his grandchildren.

Jane Lawton Countess Northampton: In 1758 Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton and she were married. On 18th October 1763 Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton died. His brother Spencer succeeded 8th Earl of Northampton. She by marriage Countess of Northampton. On 26th November 1767 she died.