Marriage of Lord Compton, 1787
Going all the way back to 1787, in Walker’s Hibernian Magazine (which has this fetching cover):
was this ANNOUNCEMENT for the marriage of Maria Smith, daughter of Joshua Smith of Earl Stoke Park (Wiltshire), with Lord Compton.
It reads: “— [August] 18 By Special licence, Lord Compton, son of the Earl of Northampton, to Miss Smith, eldest daughter of Joshua Smith, Esq; of Earl Stoke Park, county Wilts.”
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August 30, 2021 at 3:00 am
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