Compton is a municipality in the Regional county municipalities of Quebec regional county municipality of Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Quebec Coaticook and the administrative region of Estrie . And Home Of the world famous Sanders Farm and Vallons Maraichers farm, organic vegetable growers in the Deep Root Organic Cooperative of Vermont. Coordinates Latitude 45 14 North Longitude 71 49 West Elected representatives Fernand Veilleux, mayor . References http www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca carto.asp?Speci 290198&Latitude 45,23333&Longitude 71,81667&Zoom 1700 Commission de toponymie du QuebecCompton municipalit http www12.statcan.ca english profil01 CP01 Details Page.cfm?Lang E&Geo1 CSD&Code1 2444071&Geo2 PR&Code2 24&Data Count&SearchText Compton&SearchType Begins&SearchPR 24&B1 All&Custom Statistics Canada Compton Notable people from Compton Louis Saint Laurent 1882 1973 , prime minister of Canada External links http www.compton.ca Compton, official site http www.comptonales.com Les Comptonales http www.tourismecoaticook.qc.ca Tourisme Coaticook http www.estrieplus.com ESTRIEPLUS.COM What s happening in Estrie Administrative divisions of Quebec region Estrie Estrie geo stub coord 45 20 N 71 30 W region CA type adm2nd source GNS enwiki display title Category Municipalities in Quebec Category Incorporated places in Estrie Category Quebec communities with significant anglophone populations fr Compton Qu bec ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Compton County is an historical county in southeastern Quebec , Canada on the western flanks of the Appalachian Mountains on the International Boundary US Canadian border . It is in the Estrie Eastern Townships region of the province and was named in 1793 after a town in Surrey, England by British officers who were convinced of the agricultural potential of the area. The county seat is Cookshire, Quebec Cookshire . Mount Megantic altitude 1111 m has an Mont M gantic Observatory observatory operated by the Universit de Montr al at its peak, which is accessible only from an adjacent county. In the early 1980s the County was dissolved, most of it becoming part of the Le Haut Saint Fran ois Regional County Municipality, Quebec MRC de Le Haut Saint Fran ois except for the southern portion which went to Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Quebec MRC de Coaticook . coord 45 20 N 71 30 W region CA source GNS display title Category Quebec counties Quebec geo stub fr Comt de Compton ... more details
Compton may refer to TOCright Places Canada Compton, QuebecCompton County, QuebecCompton provincial electoral district , a former Quebec provincial electoral district now part of M gantic ComptonCompton electoral district , a former Quebec federal electoral district England Cassey Compton , Gloucestershire Compton, Yorkshire Compton, Derbyshire Compton, South Staffordshire Compton, Wolverhampton , West Midlands Compton, Test Valley , Hampshire Compton End , Hampshire Compton, Isle of Wight Compton, Berkshire Compton, West Sussex Compton, Guildford , Surrey Compton, Waverley , Surrey Compton, Plymouth , Devon Compton, South Hams , Devon United States Compton, Arkansas Compton, California , a city south southeast of downtown Los Angeles Compton, Illinois Compton, Maryland Compton Trappe, Maryland , a home on the National Register of Historic Places Other uses Compton surname Compton crater , a lunar crater Compton Petroleum , a petroleum exploration company based in Calgary, Alberta Compton s Encyclopedia See also Compton and Shawford , Hampshire Compton Abbas , Dorset Compton Abdale , Gloucestershire Compton Bassett , Wiltshire Compton Beauchamp , Berkshire now Oxfordshire Compton Bishop , Somerset Compton Chamberlain , Wiltshire Compton Common , Somerset Compton Dando , Somerset Compton Dundon , Somerset Compton Durville , Somerset Compton Green , Gloucestershire Compton Greenfield , Gloucestershire Compton Martin , Somerset Compton Pauncefoot , Somerset Compton Valence , Dorset Nether Compton , Dorset Over Compton , Dorset West Compton, Dorset West Compton, California Little Compton, Rhode Island Compton Bassett Upper Marlboro, Maryland , a home on the National Register of Historic Places Compton scattering or the Compton effect, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons disambig geo bg de Compton fa fr Compton it Compton nl Compton ja pl Compton pt Compton sl Compton fi Compton t smennyssivu sv Compton vo Compton ... more details
West Compton can refer to West Compton, California , USA West Compton, Dorset , England West Compton, Somerset , England geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages nl West Compton ... more details
Compton White may refer to Compton I. White 1877 1956 , US Representative from Idaho Compton I. White, Jr. 1920 1998 , US Representative from Idaho hndis White, Compton de Compton White ... more details
Infobox Canada electoral district name M gantic Compton province Quebec image caption prov status active ... M gantic, Quebec Lac M gantic , Compton, QuebecCompton , Stanstead, Quebec Stanstead demo csd Estrie Megantic Compton is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec , Canada . Located ... South QC ED coord missing Quebec Category Quebec provincial electoral districts Megantic Compton ... Gonthier prov rep link prov rep party Liberal prov rep party link Quebec Liberal Party demo census ... district M gantic and Compton provincial electoral district Compton ridings that existed both since 1867. It includes the municipalities of East Angus, Quebec East Angus , Cookshire Eaton, Quebec Cookshire Eaton , Lac M gantic, Quebec Lac M gantic , Weedon, Quebec Weedon , Lac Drolet, Quebec Lac Drolet and Chartierville, Quebec Chartierville . Members of National Assembly Omer Dionne , Quebec Liberal Party Liberal 1973 1976 Fernand Grenier , Union Nationale Quebec Union Nationale 1976 1980 ... Independent 2003 2007 Johanne Gonthier , Liberal 2007 Election results Election box begin title Quebec general election, 2008 Canadian politics party colours Liberal row Quebec Liberal Party Liberal ... Dionne align right 769 align right 3.77 align right Election box begin title Quebec general election, 2007 Canadian politics party colours Liberal row Quebec Liberal Party Liberal Johanne Gonthier align ... 28.99 align right Canadian politics party colours Green row Parti vert du Quebec Green S bastien ... solidaire Ludovick Nadeau align right 544 align right 2.22 align right Election box begin title Quebec general election, 2003 Canadian politics party colours Liberal row Quebec Liberal Party Liberal Daniel ... Equality row Equality Party Quebec Equality Party Frank Moller align right 71 align right 0.30 align right Election box begin title Quebec general election, 1998 Canadian politics party colours Liberal row Quebec Liberal Party Liberal Madeleine B langer align right 12,675 align right 50.49 align ... more details
Compton House may refer to The Arthur H. Compton House in Chicago, Illinois Compton House, a mansion in Over Compton , Dorset Compton Verney House , a mansion in Compton Verney, Warwickshire Compton Beauchamp House , a mansion in Compton Beauchamp , Oxfordshire Compton House Surrey Compton House , in Wentworth Estate Wentworth , Virginia Water , Surrey Where Prajadhipok , King of Thailand Siam lived, and died in 1941. geodis ... more details
Compton is a surname of England English origin, and may refer to Ann Compton , journalist Arthur Compton , physicist and Nobel Prize winner, of the Compton effect , brother of Karl Taylor Compton and Wilson Martindale Compton, below Barnes Compton , Maryland congressman and state officeholder Christian Compton , Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia Cliff Compton born 1979 , American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Domino David G. Compton D.G. Compton , science fiction author Denis Compton , England cricketer and footballer F. E. Compton , publisher Fay Compton , actress Henry Brooks Adams Frances Snow Compton , a pseudonym used by Henry Adams Henry Compton bishop Henry Compton , Bishop of London Henry Compton actor , English actor Ivy Compton Burnett , English novelist John Compton , leader of Saint Lucia United Workers Party Saint Lucia UWP John Compton organ builder John Compton , London pipe & electronic organ maker Karl Taylor Compton , physicist, one time president of MIT , brother of Arthur Compton, above, Wilson Martindale Compton, below Katie Compton , American bicycle racer Leslie Compton , English footballer and cricketer Lynn Compton , lead prosecutor in the Sirhan Sirhan trial and 101st Airborne WWII veteran O Neal Compton , American film and television actor Richard G. Compton , chemist Robert Harold Compton , botanist Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington William Compton courtier , lover of Henry VIII of England Henry VIII s notorious mistress, Anne Stafford the two were prosecuted for adultery Wilson Martindale Compton , fifth president of Washington State University , brother of Arthur Compton and Karl Taylor Compton, above See also Compton Mackenzie , Scottish novelist brother of Fay Compton surname Compton It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a surname ... more details
Mike Compton may refer to Mike Compton catcher , played for the Philadelphia Phillies Mike Compton American football , NFL guard Mike Compton musician , bluegrass mandolin player hndis name Compton, Mike DEFAULTSORT Compton, Mike ... more details
Edward Compton may refer to Edward Theodore Compton , usually referred to as E. T. Compton, 1849 1921 , English born, German artist Edward Harrison Compton , artist See also Ned Crompton Compton surname hndis Compton, Edward ... more details
Alwyne Compton may refer to Lord Alwyne Compton bishop 1825 1906 , Bishop of Ely Lord Alwyne Compton politician 1855 1911 , British politician, nephew of the above hndis name Compton, Alwyne ... more details
uncomment if needed For the current defunct federal provincial electoral district, see Compton Frontenac electoral district Compton Frontenac was a federal electoral district Canada electoral district in Quebec , Canada , that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1968. History This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Compton electoral district Compton , M gantic Frontenac and Stanstead electoral district Stanstead ridings. It consisted of the county of Compton and the towns of Cookshire, East Angus and Scotstown in the county of Sherbrooke, the municipality of Compton and the villages of Compton and Waterville in the county of Frontenac, the municipalities of Chesham, Ditchfield and Spaulding, Gayhurst, Gayhurst South East, Marston South, St Augustin de Woburn, Ste. C cile de Whitton, St Hubert de Spaulding, St. L on de Marston, St. S bastien, Winslow North, Winslow South, the village of St. S bastien and the town of M gantic and in the county of Stanstead, the municipality and the village of St. Herm n gilde. It was abolished in 1966 when it eas redistributed into Compton and Beauce electoral district Beauce ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following Member of Parliament Members of Parliament Joseph Ad odat Blanchette , Liberal Party of Canada Liberal 1949 1958 George McClellan Stearns George Mac Stearns , Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Progressive Conservative 1958 1962 Henry LaTulippe , Social Credit Party of Canada Social Credit 1962 1968 Election results CanElec1 1949 CanElec1Row Liberals Joseph Ad odat Blanchette 10,764 CanElec1Row Progressive Conservatives Alden Raymond Rousseau 5,327 CanElec1Row UE Rosaire Lafreni re 1,555 end CanElec1 1953 CanElec1Row Liberals Joseph Ad odat Blanchette 10,365 CanElec1Row ... Y&rid 159 Riding history from the Library of Parliament Category Defunct Quebec federal electoral districts fr Compton Frontenac ... more details
William Compton may refer to William Compton courtier , courtier to Henry VIII c. 1482 1528 William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton died 1630 William Compton army officer , Royalist army officer 1625 1663 William Compton, 6th Marquess of Northampton 1885 1978 Bill Compton , a mental health advocate 1945 2007 Bill Compton vampire , a love interest of Sookie Stackhouse in the Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris Several Compton Baronets were called William Compton See also Compton surname hndis Compton, William ... more details
File Telegraph House, Telegraph Hill geograph.org.uk 228096.jpg right thumb Telegraph House at Telegraph Hill Compton Compton Down is an extent of high ground near Compton, West Sussex where there was an Admiralty semaphore station. The semaphore station was built at Compton Down in 1821 and it operated on the semaphore line from London to Portsmouth between 1822 and 1847. The hill to the east of Compton on which the semaphore was built is now known as Telegraph Hill. The high ground to the west of Compton retains the name of Compton Down. Both hills rise to above convert 500 ft m . ref http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 41710 Compton , A History of the County of Sussex Volume 4 The Rape of Chichester 1953 , pp. 91 94. Date accessed 30 June 2010 ref References Reflist Geochain box Geochain Admiralty Semaphore line 1822 type station upwards Harting Beacon Hill downwards Camp Down, Portsdown Hill Category West Sussex ... more details
Spencer Compton may refer to Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton 1601 1643 Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington 1674 1743 , Prime Minister of Great Britain Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton 1790 1851 Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton born 1946 hndis Compton, Spencer fr Spencer Compton ja sv Spencer Compton olika betydelser th ... more details
Infobox Canada electoral district province Quebec image compton stanstead.PNG caption fed status active fed district number 24017 fed created 1996 fed abolished fed election first 1997 fed election last 2011 fed rep Jean Rousseau fed rep link Jean Rousseau politician fed rep party NDP fed rep party link New Democratic Party demo census date 2006 demo pop 100148 demo electors 78050 demo electors date 2011 demo area 4747 demo cd Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Quebec Coaticook RCM , Le Haut Saint Fran ois Regional County Municipality, Quebec Le Haut Saint Fran ois RCM , Memphr magog Regional County Municipality, Quebec Memphr magog RCM , Sherbrooke , Le Val Saint Fran ois Regional County Municipality, Quebec Le Val Saint Fran ois RCM demo csd Ascot Corner, Quebec Ascot Corner , Coaticook, Quebec Coaticook , Compton, QuebecCompton , Cookshire Eaton, Quebec Cookshire Eaton , East Angus, Quebec East Angus , Sherbrooke part , Stanstead, Quebec Stanstead , Stoke, Quebec Stoke , Weedon, Quebec Weedon Compton Stanstead is a federal electoral district Canada electoral district in Quebec ... Quebec riding on the US border southeast of Sherbrooke is located in the Quebec region of Estrie . It consists of the RCMs of Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Quebec Coaticook and Le Haut Saint Fran ois Regional County Municipality, Quebec Le Haut Saint Fran ois , the eastern half of Memphr magog Regional County Municipality, Quebec Memphr magog , and parts of Le Val Saint Fran ois Regional County Municipality, Quebec Le Val Saint Fran ois and the city of Sherbrooke. Main towns include Coaticook, Quebec Coaticook , Lennoxville, Quebec Lennoxville now part of Sherbrooke , North Hatley, Quebec North Hatley , Stanstead, Quebec Stanstead , and Ayer s Cliff, Quebec Ayer s Cliff . Neighbouring ... Canada Ridings in the Eastern Townships Ridings in Quebec coord missing Quebec Category Quebec federal electoral districts Category Politics of Sherbrooke fr Compton Stanstead ... more details
George Compton may refer to George Compton Canadian politician 1872 1950 , politician in Manitoba, Canada George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton 1664 1727 , British peer George Compton, 6th Earl of Northampton 1692 1758 , British peer and Member of Parliament hndis Compton, George ... more details
Henry Compton may refer to Henry Compton bishop 1632 1713 , English bishop and nobleman Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton 1538 1589 , English peer Henry Combe Compton 1789 1866 , British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament MP for South Hampshire 1835 1857 Henry Compton actor real name Charles Mackenzie 1805 1877 , English actor hndis Compton, Henry ... more details
The Compton Baronetcy , of Hartbury in the County of Gloucester, was a title in the Baronetage of England . It was created on 6 May 1686 for William Compton. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1773. Compton Baronets, of Hartbury 1686 Sir William Compton, 1st Baronet d. c. 1698 Sir William Compton, 2nd Baronet d. 1731 Sir William Compton, 3rd Baronet d. 1758 Sir William Compton, 4th Baronet d. 1760 Sir Walter Abingdon Compton, 5th Baronet d. 1773 References rayment b DEFAULTSORT Compton Category Baronetcies Category Extinct baronetcies ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The title Baron Compton was created in the Peerage of England for the Tudor period Tudor politician, Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton Sir Henry Compton . In 1618, his son was created Earl of Northampton . The titles remained united until the fifth earl died without any male heirs in 1754 and the title passed to his only daughter, Charlotte Townshend, 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley Charlotte , who had already inherited the title of Baroness Ferrers of Chartley from her mother in 1740. Charlotte was the wife of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend Hon. George Townshend , who became Viscount Townshend in 1764 and was created Marquess Townshend after her death in 1770. The title then remained with the marquessate until her grandson, the third marquess, died childless in 1855 and both baronies became abeyant between his sisters and their descendants. Barons Compton 1572 Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton 1538 1589 William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton, 2nd Baron Compton d. 1630 Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton, 3rd Baron Compton 1601 1643 James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton, 4th Baron Compton 1622 1681 George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton, 5th Baron Compton 1664 1727 James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton, 6th Baron Compton 1687 1754 Charlotte Townshend, 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley Charlotte Townshend, 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley, 7th Baroness Compton d. 1770 George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend, 8th Baron Compton 1753 1811 George Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend George Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend, 9th Baron Compton 1778 1855 Co heirs of today Category Baronies Compton, Baron Category Abeyant peerages Compton, Baron ... more details
Compton, Surrey could refer to Compton, Guildford , a village and civil parish in the Guildford district of Surrey, England Compton, Waverley , a hamlet near Farnham in the Waverley district of Surrey, England geodis ... more details
Charles Compton may refer to Charles Compton c. 1624 1661 , English MP for Northampton 1661 1662 Charles Compton MP 1698 1755 , British MP for Northampton 1754 1755 and List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Portugal Envoy to Portugal Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton 1737 1763 , his son, British Ambassador to Venice Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton 1760 1828 , British MP for Northampton 1784 1796, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire Charles Douglas Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton 1816 1877 , born Charles Compton, British peer hndis Compton, Charles ... more details
Image Over compton church.jpg thumb left Over Compton Church Over Compton is a village in north west Dorset , England , situated in the River Yeo South Somerset Yeo valley 2 miles east of Yeovil . The village has a population of 158 As of 2001 . Compton House, formerly the home of the Goodden family, lies outside the village. St Michael s Church is on the estate. Cecil Goodden was born in Compton House. External links Commons category Over Compton http www1.dorsetcc.gov.uk LIVING FACTS Census2001.nsf 6cadf4da179fc19500256663004afece 391a38f167e7fe7380256ec80052c27a?OpenDocument Census data Dorset OPC http www.opcdorset.org Compton Nether OverCompton.htm Nether and Over Compton Dorset geo stub coord 50 57 N 2 35 W region GB type city display title Category Villages in Dorset nl Over Compton pl Over Compton ... more details
Compton Domvile may refer to Sir Compton Domvile, 2nd Baronet c. 1650 1721 , Irish politician, MP for Dublin County Parliament of Ireland constituency County Dublin Sir Compton Domvile, 1st Baronet c. 1775 1857 , British politian, great nephew of the above, MP for Okehampton UK Parliament constituency and Plympton Erle UK Parliament constituency Compton Domvile Royal Navy officer 1842 1924 , British naval commander Sir Compton Meade Domvile, 4th Baronet 1857 1935 of the Domvile Baronets See also Domvile surname hndis Domvile, Compton ... more details
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