Spencer Compton Biography and Timeline

Birth of Spencer Compton

Birth of Spencer Compton, son of the 1st Earl of Northampton

Peerage

Created a Knight of the Bath

Master of the Robes

Appointed Master of the Robes to the Prince of Wales

Member of Parliament

Elected Member of Parliament for Ludlow

Skirmish near Southam

Northampton's cavalry clashes with Parliamentarian forces during the opening mobilisation.

Role range: 1642-1649

Siege of Warwick Castle

Northampton leads Royalist forces attempting to capture Parliamentarian-held Warwick Castle.

Role range: 1642-1649

Battle of Banbury

Northampton's Royalist force is attacked at Banbury and relieved the following day.

Role range: 1642-1649

Battle of Hopton Heath

Joins forces with General Hastings prior to the Battle of Hopton Heath

Role range: 1642-1649

Death of Spencer Compton

Death of Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton

Battle of Hopton Heath

Defeats the Roundheads under John Gell & William Brereton but killed in battle. Accompanied by three of his sons, marches out with his troops Compton engages Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet and Sir William Brereton at Hopton Heath

Role range: 1642-1649

Death of Spencer Compton

Death of Spencer Compton, killed at the Battle of Hopton Heath

Role range: 1642-1649

Siege of Lichfield

Marches from Banbury to relieve Lichfield, and having failed there proceeds to Stafford, which he occupies

Role range: 1642-1649

Birth of Spencer Compton

Birth of Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, third son of the 3rd Earl of Northampton

Succession

Compton & 6 other leading men in England invite William of Orange to claim the throne

Role range: 1688-1690 – 1685-1688

Member of Parliament

First elected as Member of Parliament for the Eye Division of Suffolk. Elected as a Tory but changes allegiance to the Whigs

Death of Spencer Compton

Death of Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, died unmarried and without issue, and therefore all his titles became extinct upon his death