Sir Charles Compton (c. 1624–November 1661) was a Northamptonshire landowner, a Cavalier in the First English Civil War, and briefly an MP for Northampton after the Restoration.

[4][5] The seven younger children of the 2nd Earl shared £30,000 after his 1643 death, Charles buying land at Grendon with his portion.

[3][11] Arthur Collins, citing Lloyd, wrote that Compton was "distinguished for sobriety, moderation, discipline, conduct, and activity in the field".

[16] In the Second English Civil War and Interregnum Compton was suspected of royalist sympathy but paid £127 to the Committee for Compounding with Delinquents in 1648 and lived quietly.

[17] After the Restoration, Compton received a commission in the Royal Horse Guards and became a justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant.

[5] An engraving of this was included in Henry Drummond's 1846 Histories of noble British families and published separately by William Pickering.