Peerage Record – 13764

     Anthony Compton lived at Gainslaw, Northumberland, England^G.¹

     Catharine Cobb was the daughter of Sir George Cobb, 3rd Bt.¹ She married Paul Methuen, son of Thomas Methuen and Anne Selfe, on 25 June 1749.² She died on 21 May 1779.²
     From 25 June 1749, her married name became Methuen.

     Sir George Cobb, 3rd Bt. is the son of Sir Thomas Cobb, 1st Bt. and Christian Bishopp.
     He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Cobb, of Adderbury, co. Oxford [E., 1662].

     Rachel Elizabeth Ives was born before 1770. She was the daughter of Jeremiah Ives.¹ She married Rt. Hon. Dr. William Drake, son of Rt. Hon. Dr. William Drake and Elizabeth Raworth.¹
     Her married name became Drake.¹

     Jeremiah Ives was born before 1754.
     He lived at Norwich, Norfolk, England^G.¹

     George Ives Irby, 4th Baron Boston was born on 14 September 1802.¹ He was the son of George Irby, 3rd Baron Boston and Rachel Ives Drake.¹ He married, firstly, Fanny Elizabeth Hopkins-Northey, daughter of William Richard Hopkins-Northey and Anne Elizabeth Fortescue, on 25 January 1830.¹ He married, secondly, Hon. Caroline Amelia Saumarez, daughter of Colonel John St. Vincent Saumarez, 3rd Baron de Saumarez and Caroline Esther Rhodes, on 20 July 1861 at St. George’s Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England^G.^1,2 He died on 22 December 1869 at age 67 at 12 Wilton Crescent, London, England^G.¹ His will was proven (by probate) on 6 May 1870, at under £35,000.¹
     He was educated between 1814 and 1817 at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.³ He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, on 1 February 1821.¹ He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, in 1824 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baron Boston, of Boston, co. Lincoln [G.B., 1761] on 12 March 1856.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Baronet Irby, of Whapload and Boston, co. Lincoln [G.B., 1704] on 12 March 1856.¹

     Fanny Elizabeth Hopkins-Northey was the daughter of William Richard Hopkins-Northey and Anne Elizabeth Fortescue.¹ She married George Ives Irby, 4th Baron Boston, son of George Irby, 3rd Baron Boston and Rachel Ives Drake, on 25 January 1830.¹ She died on 14 April 1860 at Belgrave Square, London, England^G.¹
     From 25 January 1830, her married name became Irby.¹ After her marriage, Fanny Elizabeth Hopkins-Northey was styled as Baroness Boston on 12 March 1856.

     William Richard Hopkins-Northey was born in 1783 at Oving House, Buckinghamshire, England.² He was the son of Lt.-Gen. Richard Hopkins-Northey. He married Anne Elizabeth Fortescue, daughter of Gerald Fortescue and Elizabeth Tew.³
     He lived at Oving House, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹ He lived at Suffolk Lawn, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.²

     Anne Elizabeth Fortescue was born circa 1786.² She is the daughter of Gerald Fortescue and Elizabeth Tew.³ She married William Richard Hopkins-Northey, son of Lt.-Gen. Richard Hopkins-Northey.³ She died on 13 April 1864.²
     Her married name became Hopkins-Northey.³

     King Abdullah of Jordan is the son of King Hussein of Jordan and Antoinette Gardiner.¹ He married Rania Al-Yassin.¹