Mathew Grove
Mathew Grove( fl. 1587), was a poet.
Grove is known only as the author of the very rare volume entitled'.
Written by Mathew Grove.
Imprinted at London by Abel Ieffs... 1587.'
There are dedications in verse by Richard Smith, the publisher, who confesses to knowing nothing of the author, and in prose by the author, both addressed to Sir Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton, father of William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton.
The story of Pelops and Hippodamia is told in ballad metre.
There follow many short pieces, chiefly dealing with a lover's joys and pains, and a few epigrams on moral subjects.
There are some jesting verses entitled' Only one copy of the volume is known; it is in the library of the Earl of Ellesmere.
Dr. Grosart reprinted it in his' Occasional Issues' in 1878.
In 1638, Henry Gosson published a work by one Mathew Grove, entitled" Witty Proverbs, Pithy Sentences, and wise similes collected out of the Golden volumes of divers learned and grave philosophers", London, 8vo.
William Carew Hazlitt was of the opinion that this author is to be distinguished from the writer of' Pelops.
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James Bathe
James Bathe( c.1500–1570) was an Irish judge of the Tudor era, who was notable for serving as Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer for thirty years under four successive monarchs.
He was the grandfather of the 1st Earl of Roscommon, and of the noted musician William Bathe.
William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton
William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton, KG (died 24 June 1630), known as 2nd Baron Compton from 1589 to 1618, was an English nobleman, peer, and politician.
Northampton was the son of Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton, and Frances Hastings.
His maternal grandparents were Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole.
Catherine was a daughter of Henry Pole, 11th Baron Montacute and Lady Jane Nevill.
Jane was in turn a daughter of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny and his wife Margaret, daughter of Hugh Fenn.
In June 1590 he went to Edinburgh with Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester to congratulate James VI on his marriage to Anne of Denmark.
Compton watched 'pastimes' on the sand on Leith.
He notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire and of Gloucestershire and as Lord President of the Marches and of the Dominion of Wales.
In 1618 he was created Earl of Northampton.
Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland
Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland( c. 1456 – 6 February 1499) was an English peer.
He was the grandfather of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland.
Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Forth
Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Forth and 1st Earl of Brentford( c. 1573 – 2 February 1651) was a Scottish nobleman, general, and diplomat.
Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot
Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot( c. 1332–1387) was an English nobleman and soldier.
He was the grandfather of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury.
Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton
Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton (14 July 1544 – 10 December 1589) was an English peer and Member of Parliament.
Compton was the posthumous son of Peter Compton of Compton Wynyates and his wife Anne, daughter of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, and the grandson of Sir William Compton.
He was trained in the law at Gray's Inn (1563).
He succeeded his father in 1544 and was knighted in 1567.
He was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Old Sarum in 1563 and was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire for 1571–72.
In 1572 he was summoned to the House of Lords as Baron Compton, of Compton in the County of Warwick.
After his ennoblement Lord Compton was one of the peers at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1586.
He married, firstly, Frances, daughter of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Katherine Pole, with whom he had one son.
He married, secondly, Anne, daughter of Sir John Spencer and Katherine Kitson, with whom he had a further two sons.
Lord Compton died in December 1589, aged 45, and was succeeded in the barony by his son from his first marriage, William, who was created Earl of Northampton in 1618.
A younger son, Thomas, was the third husband of Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham, mother of the great royal favourite George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.
Thomas Pitt
Thomas" Diamond" Pitt( 5 July 1653 – 28 April 1726) of Stratford in Wiltshire and of Boconnoc in Cornwall, was an English merchant involved in trade with India who served as President of Madras and six times as a Member of Parliament.
He was the grandfather of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham(" Pitt the Elder") and was great- grandfather of Pitt the Younger, both prime ministers of Great Britain.
Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, 1st Viscount Rochford( c. 1477 – 12 March 1539), of Hever Castle in Kent, was an English diplomat and politician who was the father of Anne Boleyn, Queen Consort and the second wife of King Henry VIII, and was thus the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, KG( c. 1312 – 16 September 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander.

Question: Who is the paternal grandfather of William Compton, 1St Earl Of Northampton?
Answer: Peter Compton