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Not who you're looking for? Others named Henry Compton: Bishop of Oxford; Bishop of London · British actor (1805–1877) · English politician; (1584-)
Portrait of Henry Compton is a c.1712 portrait painting by the German-born artist Godfrey Keller. It depicts the Anglican bishop Henry Compton. As Bishop of London, he had been noted as one of the Immortal Seven who issued the invitation for William III to sail for England in 1688 leading to the Glorious Revolution. He performed the ceremony at the coronation of William III and Mary II in 1689.
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