Lista de Personas Famosas con el apellido Northampton

Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton, styled Lord Compton from 1618 to 1630, was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. He became a peer by writ of acceleration in 1626 and by inheritance in 1630. He fought in the Royalist army and was killed in action at the Battle of Hopton Heath.

Elizabeth de Bohun, condesa de Northampton, fue la esposa de dos nobles ingleses: sir Edmund Mortimer y William de Bohun, I conde de Northampton. Fue coheredera de su hermano, Giles de Badlesmere, II barón Badlesmere.

Ælfgifu Ælfhelmsdotter nació posiblemente en el año 970, siendo hija del caballero Ælfhelm, el cual fue asesinado por el rey Etelredo II.

William Parr, I marqués de Northampton, I conde de Essex y I barón Parr, fue hijo de Sir Thomas Parr y Maud Green, hija de Sir Thomas Green de Broughton y Greens Norton. William Parr era hermano de Catalina Parr, viuda de Enrique VIII, y Anne Parr, condesa de Pembroke.

William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, KG was an English nobleman and military commander.

Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, segundo marqués de Northampton, conocido como Lord Compton de 1796 a 1812, y Earl Compton de 1812 a 1828, fue un noble británico y mecenas de la ciencia y las artes.

Spencer "Spenny" Douglas David Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton is a British peer.

William Bingham Compton, 6th Marquess of Northampton, DSO, known as Earl Compton from 1897 to 1913, was a British peer and soldier.

Elisabeth Brooke was an English courtier and noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham of Kent and Anne, his wife. She was the niece of Sir Thomas Wyatt the elder, the courtier-poet credited with bringing the sonnet form into the English language, and Elizabeth Brooke who was associated with Henry VIII of England. Elisabeth openly lived in adultery with William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton and bigamously married him. At times, she was accepted at court as the Marchioness of Northampton. She was the sister-in-law of Katherine Parr, King Henry VIII's sixth queen. Her first cousin, Thomas Wyatt the Younger, was the leader of a rebellion against Queen Mary I known as Wyatt's Rebellion. The whole family was implicated. She became one of the most influential courtiers again during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton KG was an important English aristocrat and courtier. He was suspect as a crypto-Catholic throughout his life, and went through periods of royal disfavour, in which his reputation suffered greatly. He was distinguished for learning, artistic culture and his public charities. He built Northumberland House in London and superintended the construction of the fine house of Audley End. He founded and planned several hospitals. Francis Bacon included three of his sayings in his Apophthegms, and chose him as "the learnedest councillor in the kingdom to present to the king his Advancement of Learning." After his death, it was discovered that he had been involved in the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury.