Lord Alwyne Compton (18 July 1825 – 4 April 1906) was an Anglican bishop in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1][2]
Lord Alwyne Compton | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Ely | |
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| Diocese | Ely |
| In office | 1886–1905 |
| Predecessor | James Woodford |
| Successor | Frederic Chase |
| Other post(s) | Dean of Worcester (1879–1886) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 July 1825 |
| Died | 4 April 1906 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Life and career edit
Compton was the fourth son of Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton, and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] His first post was as Curate at Horsham,[4] after which he was Rector of Castle Ashby, a post he held for 26 years.[5] He was also Archdeacon of Oakham for the last four years of this period. In 1879, he was appointed Dean of Worcester,[5] and then in 1886 to the See[6] of Ely,[5][7] He held this position until 1905, when he resigned and retired to Canterbury, where he died the following year.[5]
Lord Alwyne Compton was Lord High Almoner from 1882 to 1906.
On 28 August 1850 Lord Alwyne Compton married Florence Caroline Anderson (d.1918), eldest daughter of Robert Anderson, a Brighton clergyman, and his wife, the Hon. Caroline Dorothea Shore. They remained childless.[8]
References edit
- ^ Genuki Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ "Compton, Lord Alwyne (CMTN843A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ a b c d B. H. Green, The Bishops and Deans of Worcester (Worcester 1979), 57.
- ^ "Cambridgeshire History". Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
- ^ British Library
- ^ "Compton, Lord Alwyne". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32523. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
External links edit
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