Background
Compton was the posthumous son of Peter Compton of Compton Wynyates and his wife Anne, daughter of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, and the grandson of Sir William Compton.
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Career
He was trained in the law at Gray"s Inn (1563). He succeeded his father in 1544 and was knighted in 1567. He was elected a Member (Member of Parliament) of the Parliament of England for Old Salisbury in 1563 and was appolnted High Sheriff of Warwickshire for 1571-1572.
In 1572 he was summoned to the House of Lords as Baron Compton, of Compton in the County of Warwick.
After his enoblement Lord Compton was one of the peers at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1586.
