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Earl-James Compton b.1622 3rd Earl of Northampton d.1681 Castle Ashby, Northants. | ||||||||
Earl-George Compton b.1664 4th Earl of Northampton d.1727 Bloomsbury Squa, Mddsx. | Mary Noel b.1628 d.1719 | |||||||
Mary Compton b.1729 of Wakefield, Derbys. d. | Charles Compton b.1696 of Northampton & Compt d.1755 | Sir-Stephen Fox b.1631 Farley, Wilts. d. | ||||||
Catherine Compton b.1731 Baroness Arden of Lohort d.1784 | Jane Fox b.1668 Farley, Wilts d.1721 | Elizabeth Whittle b.1631 of Suffolk. d. | ||||||
Jane Compton b.1732 of Wakefield, Derbys. d.1757 | Kingsmill Lucy b.1649 Facombe, Hampshire. d. | |||||||
Elizabeth Compton b.1734 of Wakefield, Derbys. d.1819 | Sir-Berkeley Lucy b.1672 Facombe, Hampshire. d.1759 Facombe, Hampshire. | Theophlia Berkeley b.1650 Berkeley, Gloucs. d.1705 | ||||||
Earl-Charles Compton b.1737 7th Earl of Northampton d.1763 Lyons, France. | Mary Lucy b.1700 Facombe, Southton, Wilts. d. | Charles Cotton b.1646 of Beresford, Staffs. d. | ||||||
Earl-Spencer Compton b.1738 8th Earl of Northampton d.1796 | Catherine Cotton b.1676 Beresford, Staffs. d. | Isabella Hutchinson b.1650 Owthorpe, Staffs. d. | ||||||