390 COMBERMERE III. 1 89 1. 3. Robert Wellington (Stapleton-Cotton), Vis- count CoMBERMERE OF Bhurtpore, (s^c, I st s. and h., i?. 16 June 1845, in Upper Grosvenor Str. ; ed. at Eton. A Conservative. He m., istly, 2 June 1866, at St. Mary's, Bryanston Sq., Charlotte Anne, da. and h. of Jacob Fletcher Ellis-Fletcher, of Peel Hall and Clifton, both CO. Lancaster. She, by whom he had no issue, divorced him, decree fiisiy 20 Nov. 1879. He m., 2ndly, 22 June 1880, Isabel Marian, divorced wife of Cudworth Halstead Poole, yr. of the 2 daughters of Sir George Chetwynd, 3rd Bart., by Charlotte Augusta, da. of Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull (Hill), 3rd Marquess of Downshire [I.]. He d. 20 Feb. 1898, after a severe operation, at 1 1 Duchess Str., Marylebone, and was l>ur. at Wrenbury, aged 52. Will pr. at over ;^i 13,000 gross and over ;£ 74,000 net. His widow was living 1913. IV. 1898. 4. Francis Lynch Wellington (Stapleton-Cotton), Viscount Combermere of Bhurtpore [1827] and Baron Combermere [18 14], also a Baronet [1677], only s. and h., by 2nd wife, ^. 29 June 1887. A Conservative. Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 9,414 acres in Cheshire; 2,447 '" Shropshire, and 1,818 in Lancashire. Total, 13,679 acres, worth £26,']']^ a year, besides estates in the West Indies worth ^^ 4,000 a year. Principal Residence. — Combermere Abbey, Cheshire. COMPTONf) BARONY I. Henry Compton, only s. and h. of Peter C. {d. BY WRIT. 30 Jan. 1538/9), of Compton Wynyates, co. Warwick,() , ^ by Anne,() da. of George (Talbot), 4th Earl of Shrews- ^" BURY, was b. 16 Feb. 1537/8; Admitted to Gray's Inn, I Mar. 1562/3; M.P. for Old Sarum, 1563-67; was knighted by the Earl of Leicester, at Arundel House, 10 Feb. 1566/7, and was sum. to Pari, from 8 May (i 572) 14 Eliz. to 4 Feb. (1588/9) 3 1 Eliz., by writs directed Henrico Compton de Compton chivaler^ whereby he became LORD COMPTON. He was one of the Peers for the trial of the Queen of Scots, Oct. I586,('^) and one of the 4 chief attendants at her funeral, i Aug. 1587. He w., istly, Frances, da. of Francis (Hastings), 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, by Katherine, ist da. and coh. of Henry (Pole), Lord Montagu. She d. if) This is one of the 12 families treated of in Drummond's Histories of Noble British Families, for a list of which see vol. i, p. 118, note " b." C') This Peter was s. and h. of Sir William C, a distinguished courtier and soldier, who had lie. to wear his hat in the King's presence, 22 Feb. 1526/7. He ^. June 1528. For a list of, and some remarks on, such licences, see J. H. Round's Peerage and Pedigree, vol. ii, pp. 287, 289, 295-8. V.G. ("=) She was only child and sole h. of her mother (the EarFs 2nd wife), Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Richard Walden, of Erith, Kent. (^) See note sub Henry, Earl of Derby [1572].
