Marianne Margaret Compton 1817-1888

On 24th June 1815 [her father] Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton [aged 25] and [her mother] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton [aged 23] were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton [aged 55].

On 21st June 1817 Marianne Margaret Compton was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton [aged 27] and Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton [aged 25].

On 24th May 1828 [her grandfather] Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton [aged 68] died. His son [her father] Spencer [aged 38] succeeded 2nd Marquess Northampton, 10th Earl of Northampton, 2nd Earl Compton of Compton in Warwickshire, 2nd Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex. [her mother] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton [aged 36] by marriage Marchioness Northampton.

On 2nd April 1830 [her mother] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton [aged 38] died in Rome. She was buried in Naples. Monument at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map] sculpted by Pietro Tenerani [aged 40] in 1836.

1841 Francis Grant [aged 37]. Portrait of Marianne Margaret Compton [aged 23].

In 1841 John Hume Egerton [aged 28] and Marianne Margaret Compton [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton [aged 50] and Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton. He the son of John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow [aged 61] and Amelia Sophia Hume.

On 28th March 1842 [her son] John William Spencer Brownlow Egerton-Cust 2nd Earl Brownlow was born to [her husband] John Hume Egerton [aged 29] and Marianne Margaret Compton [aged 24] at Carlton Gardens.

On 19th August 1844 [her son] Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust 3rd Earl Brownlow was born to [her husband] John Hume Egerton [aged 31] and Marianne Margaret Compton [aged 27]. He married 1868 his half fifth cousin Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Brownlow, daughter of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford.

On 21st August 1844 [her brother] William Compton 4th Marquess Northampton [aged 26] and [her sister-in-law] Eliza Harriet Elliot Marchioness Northampton [aged 24] were married at Naples [Map]. He the son of [her father] Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton [aged 54] and [her mother] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton.

On 3rd January 1851 [her husband] John Hume Egerton [aged 38] died.

On 17th January 1851 [her father] Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton [aged 61] died. He was buried at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map]. His son [her brother] Charles [aged 35] succeeded 3rd Marquess Northampton, 11th Earl of Northampton, 3rd Earl Compton of Compton in Warwickshire, 3rd Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex.

On 5th July 1859 [her brother] Charles Compton 3rd Marquess Northampton [aged 43] and [her sister-in-law] Theodosia Harriett Elizabeth Vyner [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Northampton. He the son of [her father] Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton and [her mother] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton.

On 20th February 1867 [her son] John William Spencer Brownlow Egerton-Cust 2nd Earl Brownlow [aged 24] died in Mentone Italy. His brother Adelbert [aged 22] succeeded 3rd Earl Brownlow, 3rd Viscount Alford, 4th Baron Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire, 7th Baronet Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and inherited Belton House [Map].

In 1868 [her son] Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust 3rd Earl Brownlow [aged 23] and [her daughter-in-law] Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Brownlow were married. She by marriage Countess Brownlow. She the daughter of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 64] and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford [aged 60]. They were half fifth cousins.

On 3rd March 1877 Charles Compton 3rd Marquess Northampton [aged 61] died without issue. His brother William [aged 59] succeeded 4th Marquess Northampton, 12th Earl of Northampton, 4th Earl Compton of Compton in Warwickshire, 4th Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex. Eliza Harriet Elliot Marchioness Northampton [aged 57] by marriage Marchioness Northampton.

Before 5th October 1878 Francis Grant [aged 75]. Portrait of Marianne Margaret Compton [aged 61].

In 1879 [her brother] Bishop Alwyne Compton [aged 54] was appointed Dean Worcester.

In 1886 [her brother] Bishop Alwyne Compton [aged 61] was appointed Bishop of Ely.

In 1888 Marianne Margaret Compton [aged 70] died.

Lady Marian Alford Memorial, Little Gaddesden [Map]. Lady Marian, mother of the 2nd and 3rd Earls Brownlow, died in 1888 and a collection was taken for a memorial. The donors ranged from Victorian nobility to her estate workers. The cross and seat at the entrance to Ashridge Park were erected in her memory and were unveiled three years later in 1891 on her birthday, Sunday 21st June. Inscription on larger trough 'Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst: but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into Everlasting Life'.