The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-12
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u whom nobody had thought OF
IxA the. Earl Of Northampton,
!, In connection with the vacan.
Icy I'm the order. meets wi TIL I'm versa
|apnroval In England. For al y. ~
this peer Is not only q radical IN poll ".
Socialist, yet he putsshis great " ealth
10 such practical sphlanthropic uses
THAT there are none Of his co,ntrynnc ~
.lbut what have a good word to say z. .ot
him: Last year he came quite pr. prom
3|tlon with his conversion Of old ganon;i
bury Tower. in the northern part OF y
4 London. into a club for the poor OF o.
the district, and into ,o museum muse lof
.canonbnryi Tower. of which Wash :, 9 Isl
ifington irving wrote 50, enterta1nin g 3, y.
is one Of the most interesting reli W,
of that portion of.the metropolis. am ana
fourteenth century. In the latter part
! of the fifteenth century 1t WAS used
for religious PURPOSES as q prioIis. .it =,
shared the fate lof most establishments
of that Kind In the reign Of Henry
wilt, who presented 1t to Thomas.
Lord Cromwell. his gentleman in wait.
ling 1t passed into the possession OF
Sir John Spencer the Immensely
daughters marriage with Will Comp
ton. the first Lord Northampton, was
one of the rornances Of the Elizabet than
era. Will Compton was a son OF Hen
Try Wills favorite gentleman In walt,
ling, Lord Compton, and was so noted
a scapegrace that when he fell In love
with Lord Mayor. Spercer'y daughter,
the chief magistrate OF the city OBJ
|jected to his suit and forbade him the
house. In nowise discouraged VIII
Compton disguised himself ms q ha-
Ikers apprentices, and carried off the
fair Elizabeth Spencer. the object or
This affections, concealed in a bakers
basket, on his shoulders. sir John be,
was induced by Queen Elizabeth TO be-
come reconciled to her, and when he
died left her his great fortune. which
was estimated at 100000 a colossal
cd to turn the head OF his son 5in-law.
for the latter, INDUCED in such insane
|eAtravagance, spending 100000 In n
fortnight that his wife secured his
Tower of London, until he had recov-
|ered his senses. Although created. by
reason OF his wifes fortune. Earl OF
Northampton. he to tie end of his
as ithe crazy lord" owing to the de-
mentia to which he had given way on
his sudden accession to riches,
From the time when. at the death
cf Sir John Spencer. Canonbury Tow
or passed into the possession OF his
son-in-law and daughter, 1t has al
ways belonged to the Lords OF North
anipton. who have frequently accorded
hospitality there to distinguished peo-
pie them SIT Francis R Bacon
refuge there from his creditors and
who is said to have written the Vicar
Of Wakefield" beneath its roof.
Ephraim Chambers ,,e; the, the father ais ,e Of
buried from thence In Westminster
Abbey, and among other famous writer's
who have found shelter at Canonbury
Tower was christopher Smart. whose
by Rossetti and by Browning to be
the only great accomplished poem OF
the eighteenth century"
The present Lord Northampton owes
much Of his wealth to his marriage.
the late marchioness having been the
only daughter and heiress Of the great
er part of the wealth of the second
Lord Ashburton, who in his day was
one OF the principal partners OF tho
House OF Barring. She brought her
Including extensive ground rents In
the Clerkenwell and Islington districts
OF London, which are increasing all the
time. It was the administration Of
Northampton into contact With the
poorer classes and deYeloped In him
that philanthropy to which he now
of his mea al ana ms tbs morR
among the poor that by degrees brought
about his conversion to the advanced
political views which he now holds.
descent to oabept. Of e Compton ask who
flourished in the reign Of Henry II;
and who was the son Of Turchil. OF
Arden. an Anglo-SaSon chieftain. who
King Harold to William the conqueror
Just before the battle Of Hastings.
From this contemporary OF the Norman
Conquest the present marquis is des-
cended in an ,,nbroken line and his
OF the estate Of Compton Wynyates,
It's present home, at the time when the
Doomsday Book was complied. nearly
ed as the fortunes OF the house date
from Sir William Compton, father OF
the first Earl Of Northampton and
playmate and boyhhood { friend Of Henry
OF, the Cloth OF Gold.'' besides being
his ambassador to Emperor Charles.
the principal participants In the Bat
tie OF the Spurs"
It was he who built the present man
Of the
/
house. and 1t Is perhaps the finest OF |
the half-ttmbered country seats of l
a strange mixture of Tudor
castle and of cottage. with turrets, em-
battled walls. timbered gable ends and I
q. broad moat. teeming with silyery
fish; a mansion distinguished in an
altogether unique fas hion by itst DEM
onstration OF the architectural secret /
of perfect proportion without regular-
ity. During the Civil War, Compton,
.Wynyates (which latter is a corrup:,.
ton Of Compton of the vineyards'o |
was repeatedly the scene Of sieges by
And then. at. the beginning
q tho eighteenth century. a Lord
os
whitewashing all the superb paneling
a ans woodwork q. the house. this peer
whitewashed shakespeare's bust atl |;
stratford % n-Ayon:..n M a. dozen miles |!
away. It is a difficult matter to boo |
lleve this. But despite the efforts Of
this Lord Northampton's successors to
examination shows traces OF white I