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'''Herbert Abingdon Draper Compton''' (1770 – 14 January 1846) was [[List of Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Bombay|Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bombay]], and [[Advocate-General of Madras]] and [[Calcutta]] in [[British India]].<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=6034|title=Compton, Sir Herbert Abingdon Draper|last=Prior|first=Katherine}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Draper Compton was the only son of Walter Abingdon Compton of [[Gloucestershire]]. He joined the [[British Royal Army]] and served with his regiment in [[British India]]. After returning to [[England]] he spent some time in writing for the newspapers, especially for the ''Pilot'', and studied law. On 22 November 1808, he was called to the bar at [[Lincoln's Inn]]<ref name=":0">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Compton, Herbert Abingdon Draper|volume=11|access-date=}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Draper Compton came in India in 1819 and joined the bar at [[Fort St. George, India|Fort St. George]]. In 1822, he was appointed to the posts of Advocate-general at Madras and [[Calcutta High Court]]. In 1831 he became the Chief Justice of [[Bombay Presidency|Bombay]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D93853|title=Will of Sir Herbert Compton, Chief Justice of Bombay|access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> and was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]].<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=44012017|title=LIST OF THE BOMBAY BRANCH of the Royal Asiatic Society|journal=The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|volume=3|issue=2|pages=cxxx–cxxxiv|year=1836}}</ref> <br />
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He served as the [[District Grand Master]] of [[District Grand Lodge of Madras]] (1812-1814). <ref>{{Cite web |title=The District Grand Lodge & Madras - Connected History |url=https://dglofmadras.org/about-us/the-district-grand-lodge-madras-connected-history/ |access-date=2025-12-29 |website=District Grand Lodge of Madras |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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After retirement, he returned to England and died at his house in [[Hyde Park Gardens]] in 1846.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwpdAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA238|title=Annual Register|access-date=June 6, 2018|year=1847}}</ref><br />
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