Edward Compton was an actor and actor-manager of the Victorian era who enjoyed considerable success in touring the English provinces with plays by Shakespeare, Sheridan and Goldsmith but who met with failure while trying to break into the West End theatre.
Edward Compton in about 1905
Edward Compton in David Garrick (1903)
The grave of Edward Compton in Brookwood Cemetery
Henry Compton was an English actor best known for his Shakespearean comic roles.
Henry Compton
Drawing of Compton c. 1850
Compton in later years