Sir Herbert Abingdon Draper Compton

(1776-1846)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Compton, Sir Herbert Abingdon Draper (1776-1846), judge in India LBT ID: HeCompt1846	B/BAP: 1776 DIED: 1846-01-15
SOURCES: DNB
After serving as an ensign in India he entered the legal profession and rose to be chief justice of Bombay; he was editor of The Pilot newspaper.
REFERENCES TO Sir Herbert Abingdon Draper Compton: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 12: Periodical Press Found 2: ¶ 5 ¶ 19 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter III. Found 5: ¶ 29 ¶ 32 ¶ 33 ¶ 34 ¶ 36 Chapter IV. Found 3: ¶ 13 ¶ 14 ¶ n1