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Charles Douglas-Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton

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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.

Early life

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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]

Career

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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]

Personal life

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

Coat of arms

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Coat of arms of Charles Douglas-Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton
Coronet
A coronet of an Marquess
Crest
1st, on a mount a beacon fired proper, behind it a ribbon inscribed with the words, Nisi Dominus (Compton); 2nd, a sanglier, sticking betwixt two clefts of an oak tree, with a chain and lock holding them, all proper, in a scroll above, Lock sicker (Douglas).
Escutcheon
Quarterly, 1st and 4th sable, a lion passant guardant or, between three esquires' helmets argent (Compton); 2nd and 3rd quarterly, 1st and 4th argent, a man's heart gules, ensigned with an Imperial crown proper, and on a chief azure, three stars of the first; 2nd and 3rd argent, three piles issuing from a chief gules, on the last two stars of the first, all within a bordure azure, charged with eight buckles or (Douglas).
Supporters
Dexter, a dragon ermine, ducally gorged and chained or; Sinister, an unicorn argent, horned, maned, hoofed, and tufted sable.
Motto
Je ne serche qu'un. I seek but one.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment – Peerage". Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b Dod, Charles R. (1865). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: S. Low, Marston & Co. p. 447.
  3. ^ "No. 18774". The London Gazette. 8 February 1831. p. 244.
  4. ^ a b c d 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.
  6. ^ Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd; Christopher Simon Sykes (1994). Great houses of England & Wales. Laurence King Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 1-85669-053-9.
  7. ^ Burke, Bernard (1869). A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison & sons. p. 1212.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Marquess of Northampton
2nd creation
1851 – 1877 		Succeeded by


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