Background
Compton was the son of Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton of Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire and his second wife Anne Spencer, daughter of Sir John Spencer of Althorp, Northamptonshire.
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Henry Compton
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Education
Christ Church.
Career
He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 8 June 1599. He was of Lincoln"s Inn in 1602, and was knighted to the Order of the Bath in 1603. He was an associate of the bench in 1604.
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Compton was re-elected Member of Parliament for East Grinstead in 1604, 1614 and 1621.
He was a ranger of Ashdown Forest and a Justice of the Peace for Sussx. By 1624 he was Deputy Lieutenant.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for East Grinstead in 1625, 1626 and 1628, sitting until 1629, when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. He was custos brevium, court of common pleas in about 1630.
In April 1640 Compton was re-elected Member of Parliament for East Grinstead in the Short Parliament.
He was subject to a fine in the aftermath of the English Civil War. Compton lived at Brambletye, Sussex. He died in or before July 1649, because on that date the committee for compounding ordered that the balance of his fine should be paid by the heirs to his estate.
Membership
Short Parliament; Useless Parliament. Addled Parliament; 2nd Parliament of King Charles I]
In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for East Grinstead.
