Charles Douglas-Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton, DL (26 May 1816 - 3 March 1877),[1] styled Earl Compton from birth until 1851, was a British peer.
Born Charles Compton at Parliament Street, London, he was the son of Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton and his wife Margaret, eldest daughter of William Douglas-Maclean-Clephane.[2] In 1831, a year after the death of his mother, he assumed the additional surname Douglas by sign manual. Douglas-Compton succeeded his father as marquess in 1851.
He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1837.
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