Lady Cecilia Compton

• Cicely Sackville1
• F, #23919
• Last Edited=29 Nov 2012
• Cicely Sackville was the daughter of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset and Margaret Howard.1,2 She married Hon. Sir Henry Compton, son of Sir Henry Compton, 1st Lord Compton and Anne Spencer.3
• Her married name became Compton.3
• Children of Cicely Sackville and Hon. Sir Henry Compton
  • 1.Colonel Henry Compton4 d. 13 May 1652
  • 2.Cicely Compton+1 b. c 1610, d. 24 Mar 1675/76
• Citations
• 1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 265. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 2.[S37] Volume 3, page 3456. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• 3.[S37] See. [S37]
• 4.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 264.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p2392.htm#i23919 ________________________
• Cecily SACKVILLE
• Father: Robert SACKVILLE (2° E. Dorset)
• Mother: Margaret HOWARD
• Married: Henry COMPTON
• Children:
  • 1. Henry COMPTON (d. 13 May 1652, in a duel with George Brydges)
  • 2. Mary COMPTON (m. John Lumley)
  • 3. Cicely COMPTON (B. Arundell of Wardour) (m.1 Henry Arundel, B. Arundell of Wardour - m.2 John Fermor)
  • 4. Son COMPTON
  • 5. Dau. COMPTON
  • 6. Son COMPTON
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SACKVILLE.htm#Cecily SACKVILLE1 ___________________________
• Sir Henry Compton KB (c. 1584 – c. 1649) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1640.
• Compton was the son of Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton of Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire and his second wife Anne Spencer, daughter of Sir John Spencer of Althorp, Northamptonshire.[1] He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 8 June 1599. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for East Grinstead. He was of Lincoln's Inn in 1602, and was knighted to the Order of the Bath in 1603. He was an associate of the bench in 1604. He [2]
• Compton was re-elected MP for East Grinstead in 1604, 1614 and 1621. He was a ranger of Ashdown Forest and a J.P. for Sussx. By 1624 he was Deputy Lieutenant. He was re-elected MP for East Grinstead in 1625, 1626 and 1628, sitting until 1629, when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. He was custos brevium, court of common pleas in about 1630.[1]
• In April 1640 Compton was re-elected MP for East Grinstead in the Short Parliament.[1] He was subject to a fine in the aftermath of the English Civil War.
• Compton lived at Brambletye, Sussex.[2] He died in or before July 1649, because on that date the committee for compounding ordered that the balance of his fine should be paid by the heirs to his estate.[1]
• Compton married firstly Cecily Sackville, daughter of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset and had three sons and three daughters. He married secondly Mary Browne, daughter of Sir George Browne of Battle, Sussex and had four sons and two daughters.[1]
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Compton_(MP) _______________________
• COMPTON, Henry II (c.1584-c.1649), of Brambletye, East Grinstead, Suss.
• b. c.1584, 3rd s. of Henry Compton I, Lord Compton of Compton Wyniates, Warws. being 1st by 2nd w. Anne, da. of Sir John Spencer† of Althorp, Northants. educ. Christ Church Oxf. 1599; L. Inn 1602. m. (1) Cecily, da. of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset, ?3s. 3da.; (2) Mary, da. of Sir George Browne of Battle, 4s. 2da. KB 1603.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/co... _____________________
• Links
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sackville,_2nd_Earl_of_Dorset

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