Biography of Marianne Margaret Compton 1817-1888

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

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

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

1841 Francis Grant (age 37). Portrait of Marianne Margaret Compton (age 23).

In 1841 John Hume Egerton (age 28) and Marianne Margaret Compton (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 50) and Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton. He the son of John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow (age 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 (age 29) and Marianne Margaret Compton (age 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 (age 31) and Marianne Margaret Compton (age 27).

On 3rd January 1851 [her husband] John Hume Egerton (age 38) died.

On 17th January 1851 [her father] Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 61) died. He was buried at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map]. His son [her brother] Charles (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 20th February 1867 [her son] John William Spencer Brownlow Egerton-Cust 2nd Earl Brownlow (age 24) died in Mentone Italy. His brother [her son] Adelbert (age 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 (age 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 (age 64) and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford (age 60). They were half fifth cousins.

Before 5th October 1878 Francis Grant (age 75). Portrait of Marianne Margaret Compton (age 61).

In 1888 Marianne Margaret Compton (age 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'.