Charles Douglas-Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton

Charles Douglas-Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton, DL (26 May 1816 – 3 March 1877),^[1] styled Earl Compton from birth until 1851, was a British peer.

Born Charles Compton at Parliament Street, London, he was the son of Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton and his wife Margaret, eldest daughter of William Douglas-Maclean-Clephane.^[2] In 1831, a year after the death of his mother, he assumed the additional surname Douglas by sign manual.^[3] Douglas-Compton succeeded his father as marquess in 1851.^[4] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1837.^[5] In 1850, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law from the University of Oxford.^[4]

Douglas-Compton was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Argyllshire in 1841.^[2] He was a trustee of the National Gallery (London).^[4] Douglas-Compton inherited Compton Wynyates in Warwickshire and in 1867 he assigned Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt to restore it.^[6]

In 1859, he married Theodosia, daughter of Henry Vyner.^[4] Their marriage was childless and Douglas-Compton was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother William.^[1]

References

1. "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". Retrieved 15 July 2009.
2. Dod, Charles R. (1865). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: S. Low, Marston & Co. p. 447.
3. The London Gazette: no. 18774. p. 244. 8 February 1831. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
4. Debrett, John (1876). Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Titles of Courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 357.
5. "Compton [Douglas-Compton], Charles, Earl Compton (CMTN833C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. delete character in |title= at position 9 (help)
6. Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Christopher Simon Sykes (1994). Great houses of England & Wales. Laurence King Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 1-85669-053-9.