Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby
Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby is in Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire [Map].
Floor tiles at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map]: Here lies the bodies of Jane the first wife of Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton, Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton, Mary his wife also of Spencer Second Marquis of Northampton and Margaret his wife and also his grandchildren.
Jane Lawton Countess Northampton: In 1758 Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton and she were married. On 18 Oct 1763 Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton died. His brother Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton succeeded 8th Earl of Northampton. She by marriage Countess of Northampton. On 26 Nov 1767 she died.
Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton: On 13 Dec 1791 she was born to Major-General William Douglas-Maclean-Clephane. On 24 Jul 1815 Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton and she were married. He the son of Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton. On 24 May 1828 Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton died. His son Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton succeeded 2nd Marquess Northampton, 10th Earl of Northampton, 2nd Earl Compton of Compton in Warwickshire, 2nd Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex. She by marriage Marchioness Northampton.
Churchyard at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map] with various graves of the Compton family.
Monument to an unknown knight. Early Medieval Period. Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map].
Circa 1410. Brass at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map] to Walter Ermyn Rector He is represented vested in a cope, upon the borders of which are engraved small figures of St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Andrew, St. Nicholas, and St. Lawrence on one side, and on the other St. Anne, St. Katharine, St. Margaret, St. Mary Magdalene, and St. Elena.
On 02 Apr 1830 Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 38) died. Monument at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map] sculpted by Pietro Tenerani (age 40) in 1836.
On 17 Jan 1851 Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 61) died. He was buried at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map]. His son Charles Compton 3rd Marquess Northampton (age 35) succeeded 3rd Marquess Northampton, 11th Earl of Northampton, 3rd Earl Compton of Compton in Warwickshire, 3rd Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex.
On 22 May 1858 Margaret Compton (age 28) died from childbirth. Monument at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map] erected by her husband Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower (age 39). Sculpted by Baron Pietro Marochetti (age 53).
Margaret Compton:
On 14 Mar 1830 she was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton and Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton in Rome, Italy.
On 01 Jun 1851 Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower and she were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster. She the daughter of Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton and Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton. He the son of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville and Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville.
After 1945. Memorial to those who died in WWII at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map].
