Francis Compton

Francis Compton D.C.L (20 November 1824 – 24 October 1915) was an English lawyer and Conservative Party politician.

Compton was the son of Henry Combe Compton M.P. of Minstead Manor House, Lyndhurst, Hants and his wife Charlotte Mills. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and became a Fellow of All Souls. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn and Middle Temple in 1850. He was a J.P. for Hampshire.[1]

At the 1880 general election Compton was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Hampshire.[2] When this was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, he was elected at the 1885 general election as MP for the New Forest,[3] and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1892 election.[3]

Compton lived at Manor House, Minstead, Lyndhurst and died at the age of 91. His son Henry Francis Compton was later MP for New Forest. His sister Catherine married Admiral Sir Henry Codrington.

Cricket

Compton played first-class cricket for pre-county club Hampshire as well as for the Marylebone Cricket Club and the Gentlemen of the South.

References

  1. ^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 394–395. ISBN 0-900178-26-4. 
  3. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 291. ISBN 0-900178-27-2. 

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Cowper-Temple
Lord Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu		 Member of Parliament for South Hampshire
1880 – 1885
With: Lord Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu to 1884
Sir Frederick Fitzwygram, Bt. from 1884		 Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for New Forest
1885 – 1892		 Succeeded by
John Douglas-Scott-Montagu