Background
Compton was the son of Henry Combe Compton Member of Parliament
Compton was the son of Henry Combe Compton Member of Parliament
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 Justice of the Peace for Hampshire. When this was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Acting 1885, he was elected at the 1885 general election as Member of Parliament for the New Forest, and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1892 election.
Compton lived at Manor House, Minstead, Lyndhurst and died at the age of 90.
Compton played first-class cricket for pre-county club Hampshire as well as for the Marylebone Club and the Gentlemen of the South.
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At the 1880 general election Compton was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for South Hampshire.