Charles Henry Crompton-Roberts

His father was a descendant of William Roberts, who had been responsible for rebuilding Drybridge House, Monmouth, as the family's home in the late 17th century.

He sought and received royal assent to add the name of Crompton to his own surname, so enabling him to inherit her family's estates.

While retaining the period features of the existing building, he added a new south wing and commissioned a number of stained glass windows.

[4] In 1880, he stood as the Conservative candidate in a by-election for the parliamentary constituency of Sandwich in Kent, where the previous Liberal Member of Parliament (MP), Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, had been raised to the peerage.

[7][8] He continued to contribute financially to the amenities of Monmouth, and was responsible for the reconstruction in 1888 of the mediaeval Cross opposite the Church of St Thomas in Overmonnow, near Drybridge House.

[13] Memorial stained glass windows were dedicated in his memory at St Mary's in Monmouth, and at Trellech[14] He had three sons: Henry Roger Crompton-Rogers, DSO, and officer in the Grenadier Guards; Charles Montague Crompton-Rogers, who became High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1897; and Leicester Neville Crompton-Roberts, who is buried in Highgate Cemetery (west side); and two daughters, Violet Mary and Mildred Theodora.