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Memoires of the lives, actions, sufferings & deaths of those noble reverend, and excellent personages: that suffered by death, sequestration, decimation or otherwise, for the
Protestant religion, and the great principle thereof, allegiance to their soveraigne, in our late intestine wars, from the
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Knights Banneret, Knights of the Bath, and Knights Bachelor: Made Between the Fourth Year of King Henry VI and the Restoration of King Charles II and Knights Made in Ireland, Between the Years 1566 and 1698, Together with an Index of
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The
History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick Near Dublin, from it Foundation in 1190, to the Year 1819: Comprising a Topographical Account of the Lands and Parishes ... and Biographical Memoirs of Its
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With Mary, Compton had three sons and two daughters. With
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at Oxford on 12 December 1643 alongside his brothers
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The official diary of
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Charles I
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A Genealogical and
Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire
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Mary (died 24 May 1733) who married in London (15 May 1676) James Lane, 2nd
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84:. Another source gives their birth years as 1623 and 1625, with Spencer and
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History of the Wilmer family, together with some account of its descendants
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and accomplished at music and mathematics. Compton's father and brothers
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was formerly identified as Sir Charles Compton but is now identified as
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From the original picture in the Collection of Marquis of Northampton.
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The Correspondence of Bishop Duppa and Sir Justinian Isham, 1650–1660
422:"Compton, Sir Charles (c.1624-61), of Grendon and Sywell, Northants."
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was blamed for by Mordaunt for its failure in the east and north.
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with his portion. He was married twice; first to Mary, sister of
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Transactions of the Archaeological Society of North Oxfordshire
104:, widow of William Wilmer, who brought with her an estate at
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credits Captain Thomas Sandford for this. Compton was made
572:. Vol. II (3rd ed.). London. pp. 218–219.
810:"Engraved portrait of Sir Charles Compton (1623-1661)"
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is in a private collection in Scotland. A portrait by
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in 1648 and lived quietly. In 1659 he was involved in
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Portrait Miniatures from Scottish Private Collections
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Foster, Charles Wilmer; Green, Joseph Joshua (1888).
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Royalist military personnel of the English Civil War
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119:(c. 1692–1744). Felicia later married, thirdly, MP
874:. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 47–48.
645:"Notes on the Civil War and the Siege of Banbury"
626:. Dublin: W. Folds for the author. p. lviii.
189:". Among the engagements in which he fought were
884:. London: National Trust. 1995. pp. 23–24.
780:. Vol. V. J.B. Nichols and Son. p. 21.
706:Magna Brittanica: The county palatine of Chester
140:(died 12 January 1741), the eldest son, who was
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839:. National Galleries of Scotland. p. 28.
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477:"The life and Death of Sir Charles Compton"
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484:. London: Samuel Speed. pp. 359–361.
447:College, Eton; Sterry, Sir Wasey (1943).
436:– via History of Parliament Online.
225:, they led 300 horse to victory over 400
1006:Military personnel from Northamptonshire
305:Engraved portrait of Sir Charles Compton
50:Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton
451:. Spottiswoode, Ballantyne. p. 81.
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449:The Eton College Register, 1441–1698
246:John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt
498:Gleanings from Warwickshire History
323:Histories of noble British families
370:the Honourable Sir Charles Compton
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927:"Sir William Compton (1625-1663)"
739:Northampton, William, Marquess of
720:Metcalfe, Walter Charles (1885).
680:Cartwright, Julia (August 1891).
351:National Portrait Gallery, London
142:Lieutenant of the Tower of London
682:"Edge Hill and Compton Winyates"
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991:People educated at Eton College
501:. Cornish Brothers. p. 29.
347:John Leslie, 1st Duke of Rothes
193:, where his father was killed,
149:Sir Thomas Domvile, 1st Baronet
94:Sir William Fermor, 1st Baronet
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364:the Honourable Charles Compton
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915:. National Trust. NT 1139951.
619:Mason, William Monck (1820).
126:Compton's children included:
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325:and published separately by
179:Knight of the Burning Pestle
774:"Northamptonshire; History"
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424:. In Henning, B.D. (ed.).
816:. University of Leicester
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234:Second English Civil War
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420:Edwards, E. R. (1983).
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281:Knight of the Royal Oak
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778:The Family Topographer
772:Tymms, Samuel (1835).
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1016:English MPs 1661–1679
996:English army officers
953:"Sir William Compton"
655:. Society: 33 No. 10.
641:Compton, Alwyne, Lord
495:Burman, John (1936).
475:Lloyd, David (1668).
362:to 12 December 1643:
132:Viscount Lanesborough
265:justice of the peace
108:. Charles supported
102:Chetwynd, Shropshire
197:; and the siege of
174:Mercurius Politicus
570:Peerage of England
261:Royal Horse Guards
165:lieutenant colonel
144:from 1713 to 1741.
891:978-0-7078-0275-6
881:Ham House, Surrey
871:Ham House A Guide
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