Baron Compton
Baron Compton was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England . The Barony by writ has been suspended since 1855th
Awarding and further history of the title
The title was created on May 8, 1572 for Henry Compton when he was appointed to the House of Lords by Writ of Summons .
His son and heir William Compton, 2nd Baron Compton , was also made Earl of Northampton in 1618 . His son, who later became 2nd Earl, was appointed to the House of Lords on April 1, 1626 by Writ of Acceleration and thereby inherited the title of 3rd Baron Compton prematurely. Likewise, the later 5th Earl already became 6th Baron Compton on December 28, 1711 through Writ of Acceleration . After his death in 1754, the baron title, which was also hereditary in the female line, fell to his daughter Charlotte , who had inherited the title of Baroness Ferrers of Chartley from her mother in 1740 . Her son and heir George Townshend was also made Earl of Leicester in 1784 and inherited the titles of 2nd Marquess Townshend , 5th Viscount Townshend and 5th Baron Townshend from his father in 1807 . With the childless death of his son, the 3rd Marquess , the Townshend titles fell to another line of the family, the Earldom Leicester was extinguished and the baronies Ferrers of Chartley and Compton fell in Abeyance between his sisters and their descendants.
List of Barons Compton (1572)
- Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton (1544–1589)
- William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton , 2nd Baron Compton († 1630)
- Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton , 3rd Baron Compton (1601-1643)
- James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton , 4th Baron Compton (1622–1681)
- George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton , 5th Baron Compton (1664-1727)
- James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton , 6th Baron Compton (1687–1754)
- Charlotte Townshend, 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley , 7th Baroness Compton († 1770)
- George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend , 8th Baron Compton (1753–1811)
- George Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend , 9th Baron Compton (1778–1855) (title abeyant 1855)