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- Henry Compton (c. 1632 – 7 July 1713) was an English Army officer and Anglican clergyman who served as the Bishop of London from 1675 to 1713.
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Henry Compton (c. 1632 – 7 July 1713) was an English Army officer and Anglican clergyman who served as the Bishop of London from 1675 to 1713.
Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton (14 July 1544 – 10 December 1589), was an English peer and Member of Parliament. Compton was the posthumous son of Peter Compton of Compton Wynyates and his wife Anne, daughter of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, [1] and the grandson of Sir William Compton. [2] He was trained in the law at Gray's Inn (1563).
May 21, 2020 · During Compton’s time in office, the Bishop of London was responsible for the spiritual welfare of British overseas territories. In selecting ministers to travel overseas, Compton therefore could appoint persons with an interest in botany and the natural world and who could send back to Fulham specimens, seeds and drawings.
Mar 25, 2011 · The Protestant Bishop: being the Life of Henry Compton, 1632–1713 Bishop of London. By Edward Carpenter. Pp. xiii + 398 + 4 plates. London: Longmans, Green, 1956. 35s. | The Journal of Ecclesiastical History | Cambridge Core.
Bishop Henry Compton is probably the Palace’s most famous Bishop, notorious for his incredibly valuable collection of plants and the fabulous botanic garden that he created within the grounds.
When Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton was born on 16 February 1538, in Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, England, his father, Peter Compton, was 14 and his mother, Anne Talbot, was 14. He married Frances Hastings from 11 January 1559 to 10 January 1560, in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England.
Compton was the younger son of Henry, 1st Lord Compton, and consequently the uncle of Spencer Compton*. He was the only son of his father’s second marriage and was heir to an estate that had been settled at his parents’ wedding.
