| Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
| Lord Alwyne Compton | |
| Bishop of Ely | |
| Diocese: | Ely |
| Term: | 1886–1905 |
| Predecessor: | James Woodford |
| Successor: | Frederic Chase |
| Other Post: | Dean of Worcester (1879–1886) |
| Birth Date: | 18 July 1825 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Parents: | Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton |
| Alma Mater: | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Lord Alwyne Compton (18 July 1825 - 4 April 1906) was an Anglican bishop in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1] [2]
Compton was the fourth son of Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton, and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. His first post was as Curate at Horsham,[3] after which he was Rector of Castle Ashby, a post he held for 26 years.[4] He was also Archdeacon of Oakham for the last four years of this period. In 1879, he was appointed Dean of Worcester,[4] and then in 1886 to the See[5] of Ely,[4] [6] He held this position until 1905, when he resigned and retired to Canterbury, where he died the following year.[4]
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.[7]