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About Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton
Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton, styled Lord Compton from 1618 to 1630, was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. He became a peer by writ of acceleration in 1626 and by inheritance in 1630. He fought in the Royalist army and was killed in action at the Battle of Hopton Heath.
Everything about Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1621-22 Parliament, Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- May 1601
- Died
- March 19, 1643