Lord Alwyne Compton (bishop)

The Right Reverend Lord Alwyne Compton
Bishop of Ely

Diocese	Diocese of Ely
In office	1886–1905
Predecessor	James Woodford
Successor	Frederic Chase
Other posts	Dean of Worcester (1879–1886)
Personal details
Born	(1825-07-18)18 July 1825
Died	4 April 1906(1906-04-04) (aged 80)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
Education	Eton College
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]

Life and career

Compton was the fourth son of Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton, and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[3] His first post was as Curate at Horsham,^[4] after which he was Rector of Castle Ashby, a post he held for 26 years.^[5] He was also Archdeacon of Oakham for the four years of this. In 1879, he was appointed Dean of Worcester,^[5] and then in 1886 to the See^[6] of Ely,^[5]^[7] He held this position until 1905, when he resigned and retired to Canterbury, where he died the following year.^[5]

Lord Alwyne Compton was Lord High Almoner from 1882 to 1906.

↑ Genuki
↑ "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ "Compton, Lord Alwyne (CMTN843A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
1 2 3 4 B. H. Green, The Bishops and Deans of Worcester (Worcester 1979), 57.
↑ Cambridgeshire History
↑ British Library

Church of England titles
Preceded by Grantham Yorke	Dean of Worcester 1879–1886	Succeeded by John Gott
Preceded by James Woodford	Bishop of Ely 1886–1905	Succeeded by Frederic Chase

Deans of Worcester

Early modern	Henry Holbeach John Barlow Philip Hawford Seth Holland John Pedder Thomas Wilson Francis Willis Richard Edes James Montague Arthur Lake Joseph Hall William Juxon Roger Maynwaring Christopher Potter Richard Holdsworth John Oliver Thomas Warmestry William Thomas George Hickes William Talbot Francis Hare James Stillingfleet Edmund Marten John Waugh Sir Richard Wrottesley William Digby Robert Foley St Andrew St John

Late modern	Arthur Onslow John Jenkinson James Hook George Murray John Peel Hon Grantham Yorke Lord Alwyne Compton John Gott Robert Forrest William Moore Ede Arthur Davies William Beck Bobby Milburn Eric Kemp Tom Baker Robert Jeffery Peter Marshall Peter Atkinson

Bishops of Ely

High Medieval	Hervey le Breton Nigel Geoffrey Ridel William Longchamp Eustace Robert of York John of Fountains Geoffrey de Burgh Hugh of Northwold William of Kilkenny Hugh de Balsham John Kirkby William of Louth John Salmon/John Langton Ralph Walpole

Late Medieval	Robert Orford John Ketton John Hotham Simon Montacute Thomas de Lisle Simon Langham John Barnet Thomas Arundel John Fordham Philip Morgan Lewis of Luxembourg Thomas Bourchier William Grey John Morton John Alcock

Early modern	Richard Redman James Stanley Nicholas West Thomas Goodrich Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Martin Heton Lancelot Andrewes Nicholas Felton John Buckeridge Francis White Matthew Wren Benjamin Lany Peter Gunning Francis Turner Simon Patrick John Moore William Fleetwood Thomas Green Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Matthias Mawson Edmund Keene James Yorke

Late modern	Thomas Dampier Bowyer Sparke Joseph Allen Thomas Turton Harold Browne James Woodford Lord Alwyne Compton Frederic Chase Leonard White-Thomson Bernard Heywood Edward Wynn Noel Hudson Edward Roberts Peter Walker Stephen Sykes Anthony Russell

Archdeacons of Oakham

Lord Alwyne Compton Prideaux Lightfoot Edward Moore Walter Whittingham Arthur Greaves Frank Partridge Norman Lang Norman Millard Frank Towndrow Bernard Fernyhough David Painter Gordon Steele

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