Background
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.
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.
Trinity College.
In 1831, a year after the death of his mother, he assumed the additional surname Douglas by sign manual. Douglas-Compton succeeded his father as marquess in 1851. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1837.
In 1850, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law from the University of Oxford.
Douglas-Compton was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Argyllshire in 1841. He was a trustee of the National Gallery (London).
Douglas-Compton inherited Compton Wynyates in Warwickshire and in 1867 he assigned Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt to restore lieutenant