NORTH AMP TON

Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton , 2 Marque of (2 son of 1 Marque of North amp ton 1760–1828). b. Stoke park, Wilts hire 1 Jany. 1790; styled lord Compton 1796–1812; educ. Trin. coll. Camb., M.A. 1810, LL.D. 1835; capt. central regt. North amp tons hire militia 10 Sept. 1810; styled earl Compton 1812–28; M.P. North amp ton 1812–20; lived in Italy 1820–30; succeeded as 2 marque 24 May 1828; recorder of North amp ton 1828–32; F.R.S. 27 May 1830, president 30 Nov. 1838, resigned 30 Nov. 1849; F.S.A. 10 March 1836; F.G.S., president; president of British A ociation at Bristol 1836, and Swansea 1848; president of Royal soc. of literature 26 April 1849 to death; a trustee of the British museum 1849; D.C.L. of Oxford 24 June 1850; edited Irene, a poem by Margaret, marchione of North amp ton 1833; The Tribute, a collection of unpublished poems 1837; author of Observations on the motion of sir R. Heron, M.P. respecting vacating seats in parliament on the acceptance of office 1835. d. Castle Ashby, near North amp ton 17 Jany. 1851. bur. Castle Ashby 25 Jany. P. F. Robinson’s Vitruvius Britannicus (1847) part 3 pp. 1–24; H. Drummond’s Noble British families i 12–6 (1846); G.M. xxxv 425–9 (1851); I.L.N. xviii 59, 60 (1851) portrait ; Athenæum 25 Jany. 1851 pp. 110–11; Doyle’s Baronage ii 631 (1886) portrait ; Times 18 Jany. 1851 p. 5, 22 Jany. p. 5.