Charles Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton

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Charles Douglas Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton (26 May 1816 – 3 March 1877) was a British peer.

The son of the 2nd Marquess of Northampton and Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane, he succeeded to his father's titles in 1851. Compton inherited Compton Wynyates in Warwickshire and began to restore it. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother William Compton.

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Spencer Compton		 Marquess of Northampton
2nd creation
1851 – 1877		 Succeeded by
William Compton

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