Sir Francis Compton (''c.''1629 – 20 December 1716)
was an English soldier and politician. He sat in the
Cavalier Parliament of the
House of Commons between 1664 and 1679.
Compton was the 5th son of
Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton. His brothers included
Sir Charles Compton and
Sir William Compton.
Compton married 4 times. His first marriage was to Elizabeth, the daughter and co-heir of
Sir Capel Bedell, 1st Baronet. The second, in June 1664, was to Jane daughter of
Sir John Trevor. Jane died in 1677, and he later married Mary, daughter of Samuel Fortrey of
Kew, widow of
Sir Thomas Trevor, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Trevor, 1st Baronet ( – 5 February 1676) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1640 and 1648.
Life
Trevor was the son of Sir Thomas Trevor of Trevalyn Denbighs, Lord Baron of the Exc ...
. His fourth marriage, in 1699, was to Sarah, niece of
Anthony Rowe MP of Whitehall.
He was commissioned in February 1661 as a lieutenant in the
Royal Horse Guards
The Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (The Blues) (RHG) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry.
Raised in August 1650 at Newcastle upon Tyne and County Durham by Sir Arthur Haselrigge on the orders of Oliver Cr ...
(The Blues), and knighted in December of that year.
He rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1678.
He was a
Member of Parliament for
Warwick from 1664 to 1679.
References
1629 births
1716 deaths
Royal Horse Guards officers
English MPs 1661–1679
English knights
Younger sons of earls
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