Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, second marquess of Northampton

(1790-1851)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Northampton, Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, Marquis of, 1790-1851 NRA: Compton, Spencer Joshua Alwyne (1790-1851) 2nd Marquess of Northampton DNB: Compton, Spencer Joshua Alwyne, second marquess of Northampton (1790-1851), patron of science and the arts LBT ID: LdNortha2 VIAF ID: 68035150 LOC ID: n88256135	B/BAP: 1790-02-02 DIED: 1851-01-17
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Son of the first marquis; he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and was Whig MP for Northampton (1812-20) before residing in Italy, 1820-30; he succeeded to the title in 1828 and was president of the Royal Society (1838-49).
REFERENCES TO Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, second marquess of Northampton: Walter Scott to J. B. S. Morritt of Rokeby, 5 November 1818 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter XI 1815 Found 1: ¶ 2 Chapter V 1818 Found 1: ¶ 13 Chapter VI 1818 Thomas Moore to Samuel Rogers, 25 October 1847 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 4 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 14: Private Life Found 1: ¶ 25 Ch. 16: British Association Found 1: ¶ 2 Ch. 18: Literary List Found 1: ¶ 26 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter X. 1822-24. Found 1: ¶ 4 Chapter VII. 1847-50.