Compton, Robert

Compton, Robert an English Baptist minister, was born at Withybrook, Warwickshire, February 21, 1780. He was converted before arriving at eighteen years of age, and united with the Church at Hinckley, Leicestershire. He soon began, as a licentiate, to preach in the neighboring villages. In 1816 he removed to Isleham, Cambridgeshire, and was ordained pastor of the Church there, October 29, 1817. In 1831 his health began to fail, and he died August. 8, 1834. See (Lond.) Baptist Magazine, 1835, pages 189- 191. (J.C.S.)