Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton: Difference between revisions

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The Marquess of Northampton
Born	Spencer Douglas David Compton (1946-04-02) 2 April 1946
Title	7th Marquess of Northampton
Predecessor	6th Marquess of Northampton
Spouse(s)	Baroness Henriette Bentinck van Schoonheten ​ ​ (m. 1967⁠–⁠1973)​ Annette Mary Smallwood (1974–1977) Rosemary Ashley Morritt Hancock (1977–1983) Ellen Erhardt (1985–1988) Pamela Martina Raphaela Haworth (1990–present)
Children	Lady Lara Katrina Compton (b. 26 April 1968) Daniel Bingham Compton, Earl Compton (b. 16 January 1973) Lady Emily Rose Compton (b. 1980) Lady Louisa Cecilia Compton (b. 1985)

Spencer "Spenny" Douglas David Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton (born 2 April 1946) is a British peer.

He is the son of the Most Hon. William Compton, 6th Marquess of Northampton and Ms. Virginia Lucie Heaton.

In November 1993, the State Supreme Court in New York confirmed his claim to the ownership of the Sevso Treasure, a hoard of late Roman Empire silver.

He is a Freemason, and served as the Pro Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England from 2001 until March 2009.

Marriages and issue

Lord Northampton has married five times. He has four children and two grandchildren.

• 1) Miss Henriette Luisa Bentinck (b. in London, 1949-2010), the daughter of Mr. Adolph Bentinck and Baroness Gabrielle de Kaszony. She married Lord Northampton in 1967 and divorced him in 1973. She has since been married to Mr. Richard Thompson and Mr. Serge Boissevain. Her first marriage produced two children.
  • Lady Lara Katrina Compton (b. 26 April 1968)
  • Daniel Bingham Compton, Earl Compton (b. 16 January 1973), married Miss Elizabeth Lucy Cardozo, and has two daughters. He is now single.
    • Lady Anastasia Henrietta G. Compton (b. 2002)
    • Lady Theodora Virginia Lucy Compton (b. 2003)

• 2) Miss Annette Mary Smallwood in 1974. They divorced in 1977. She later married and divorced the Hon. Simon Howard of Henderskelfe, with no issue from either marriage.

• 3) Miss Rosemary Ashley Morritt Hancock in 1977. They divorced in 1983.
  • Lady Emily Rose Compton (b. 1980), socialite, working at SCM Private.

• 4) Miss Ellen Erhardt, former wife of Michael Pearson, 4th Viscount Cowdray, on 12 January 1985; they were divorced in 1988. They had one child:
  • Lady Louisa Cecilia Compton (b. 1985), studying at the European School of Economics.

• 5) Miss Pamela Martina Raphaela Haworth in 1990.

Heirs

The Heir Apparent to the Marquessate and subsidiary titles is Northampton's only son Daniel, Earl Compton (b. 1973). Since he has, so far, fathered no sons of his own, the Heir Apparent's Heir Presumptive is his paternal uncle Lord William James Bingham Compton (b. 1947). Lord William, also has an only son James William Compton (b. 1974), who too has two daughters by his wife Natasha Somers (married 2000). The next heir Robert Edward John Compton (b. 1922) is the most senior grandson of Lord Alwyne Frederick Compton (1855–1911), the third and youngest surviving son of the 4th Marquess; Robert Compton has two sons, both of whom have sons of their own.