Earl of Northampton information

Earl of Northampton is a title in the Peerage of England that has been created five times. Waltheof (d. 1076) Maud, Queen of Scotland (c.1074–1130/31)...

Compton, sixth son of the second Earl of Northampton, was Bishop of London. Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, Prime Minister of Great Britain from...

and military events. Northampton Castle is thought to have been built by Simon de Senlis, who became the first Earl of Northampton, circa 1084. It was...

of Huntingdon (c.1074–1130/31) m. Simon I de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton (died c.1111) m. David I of Scotland (c. 1084–1153) Henry, Earl of...

the house, created Lord Compton, Earl of Northampton. The ceiling of the royal bedroom is decorated with the monograms of all the monarchs who have slept...

Charles Compton, 9th Earl of Northampton, was made Baron Wilmington, Earl Compton and Marquess of Northampton. The American settlements of Wilmington, Massachusetts...

probably founded around 1100 by Simon de Senlis, Earl of Northampton. In 1113, possession passed to Prince David of Scotland when he married Simon's widow. The...

1369/70 – 4 June 1394) was the first wife of Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Northampton and Hereford and the mother of King Henry V. Mary was never queen, as...

descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. While most newer English peerages descend only in the male line, many of the older ones (particularly...

(consisting of Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton; Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk; Suffolk's son-in-law William Knollys, Lord Knollys; Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham;...

Henry, Earl of Northampton, 1607–1608 Robert, Earl of Salisbury, 1608–1609 The original letters patent having been declared void, the Parliament of England...

There is a 1758 painting by Pompeo Batoni, Portrait of Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton, which features a similar, whippet-like dog. In the 19th...