Sir Francis Compton (c.1629 – 20 December 1716)[1] was an English soldier and politician.
His first marriage was to Elizabeth, the daughter and co-heir of Sir Capel Bedell, 1st Baronet.
Jane died in 1677, and he later married Mary, daughter of Samuel Fortrey of Kew, widow of Sir Thomas Trevor, 1st Baronet.
His fourth marriage, in 1699, was to Sarah, niece of Anthony Rowe MP of Whitehall.
[2] He was commissioned in February 1661 as a lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), and knighted in December of that year.