Henry Compton (MP)

Sir Henry Compton (born c 1584) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1601 and 1640.

Compton was the son of Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton of Warwickwickshire and his second wife Anne Spencer, daughter of Sir John Spencer of Althorp, Northamptonshire.[1] He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 8 June 1599. He was of Lincoln's Inn in 1602, and an associate of the bench in 1604. He was knighted to the Order of the Bath in 1603.[2]

In 1601, Compton was elected Member of Parliament for East Grinstead and was re-elected in 1604, 1614 and 1621. He was then re-elected in 1625, 1626 and 1628, sitting until 1629, when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640 he was re-elected MP for East Grinstead in the Short Parliament.[3]

Compton lived at Brambletye, Sussex[2]

Compton married Cecily Sackville, daughter of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 59, Part 1
  2. ^ a b 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Colericke-Coverley', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 304-337. Date accessed: 01 March 2011
  3. ^ Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp229-239
Parliament of England
Preceded by
George Rivers
Richard Baker		 Member of Parliament for East Grinstead
1601-1622
With: George Rivers 1601
Sir John Swinneton 1604-1611
Leonard Dawtry 1614
Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet 1621-1622		 Succeeded by
Robert Heath
Thomas Caldicot
Preceded by
Robert Heath
Thomas Caldicot		 Member of Parliament for East Grinstead
1625-1629
With: Robert Heath 1625
Robert Godwin 1626 -1629		 Succeeded by
Parliament suspended until 1640
Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629		 Member of Parliament for East Grinstead
1640
With: Robert Godwin 1640		 Succeeded by
Robert Godwin
Lord Buckhurst