Talk:Hatton Compton

Collins
Collins 1756 has so many mistakes I wonder if it worth trusting what is not contradicted.


 * {|class="wikitable"

! Relation to Hatton !! Actual !! Collins !! Notes ! daughter ! daughter 's husband ! wife ! wife's father
 * +Mistakes in Collins 1756
 * Mary || Penelope || Confused with mother
 * bishop Thomas Gooch || bishop Matthias Mawson || ODNB says Mawson was unmarried.
 * Penelope || unnamed ||
 * John Nicholas || Secretary [Edward] Nicholas || Edward was John's father
 * }

jnestorius(talk) 02:09, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Birth and death dates
Williamson says he died in his 90th year, which would make his birth year 1651 rather than 1661. This would make his being a Knight of the Oak slightly more plausible as he could be the oldest rather than the youngest of Sir Charles' sons.

I'm not sure the January 12th/22nd discrepancy of death date can be explained by Old/New Style; some pre-1752 sources give 22nd.

jnestorius(talk) 04:52, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

More children?
NA C 11/1774/17 Nicholas v Compton a 1720 courtcase has
 * Defendants: Charles Compton, Edward Compton, John Compton and Mary Compton infants (by William Glanville, esq), James [Lane] Viscount Lanesborough in Ireland, Hon Hatton Compton, esq and Penelope Compton his wife and William Compton (their son and heir apparent) and William Nicholas.

This suggests 5 children: William the eldest at least 21 in 1720; then Charles, Edward, John and Mary all under 21 in 1720. No mention of James: possibly James is an alias of William or John, or was not a party to the case; it seems unlikely that he was born after 1720. jnestorius(talk) 15:24, 16 March 2023 (UTC)