{{Short description|Saint Lucian artist and historian}} {{Infobox person | name = Fiona Compton | image = | birth_place = Saint Lucia | occupation = Artist, historian | father = John Compton | mother = Janice Barbara Compton | website = {{official|https://www.fionacompton.com}}{{deadlink|date=April 2023}} }}
'''Fiona Compton''' is an artist and Caribbean historian from Saint Lucia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Ward |first=Victoria |date=2022-11-08 |title=The King 'ready for active conversations' about Britain's role in slave trade |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/11/08/king-ready-active-conversations-britains-role-slave-trade/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Myers |first=Russell |date=2022-11-08 |title=King Charles 'ready to speak' about British slavery and wants to mend relations |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/king-charles-wants-honest-true-28441654 |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-08 |title=King Charles begins Yorkshire visit with trips to Bradford and Leeds |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-63545065 |access-date=2022-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=King Charles narrowly avoids being hit by eggs |url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/World/674644-King-Charles-narrowly-avoids-being-hit-by-eggs |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Dunya News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Swansea is one of seven host cities for The World Reimagined {{!}} Swansea |url=https://www.swanseacity.com/news/swansea-one-seven-host-cities-world-reimagined |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=www.swanseacity.com |language=en}}</ref> Her work has explored the various disparities in representation of the Afro Caribbean diaspora within art and mainstream media, exhibiting as part of a collective and in solo presentations across the U.K, Europe, the Caribbean, USA. <ref>https://travelnoire.com/fiona-compton-on-calling-out-colonial-narratives-and-retelling-caribbean-history</ref>
She is the founder of the online platform Know Your Caribbean, the number one online platform for Caribbean history and culture in the world, with a global monthly reach in its millions.
== Biography == Compton is one of the five children of politician John Compton, the first prime minister of Saint Lucia, and Janice Barbara Compton.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sir John Compton |url=http://www.caribbeanelections.com/knowledge/biography/bios/compton_john.asp |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Caribbean Elections Biography}}</ref> She is the goddaughter of Charles III, King of Saint Lucia.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Rob |date=2022-11-11 |title=A note from Oxford: The UK's shifting approach to stolen treasures |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/a-note-from-oxford-the-uk-s-shifting-approach-to-stolen-treasures-20221111-p5bxh0.html |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-10 |title=Fiona Compton has been talking to Godfather King Charles about slavery but not about reparations! |url=https://stluciastar.com/fiona-compton-has-been-talking-to-godfather-king-charles-about-slavery-but-not-about-reparations/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=THE STAR - St Lucia |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2013, her youngest sister Nina Compton finished second and was voted as "fan favourite" on American reality cooking show ''Top Chef''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canavan |first=Hillary Dixler |date=2014-02-06 |title=The Winner of Top Chef New Orleans Season 11 |url=https://www.eater.com/2014/2/6/6284643/the-winner-of-top-chef-new-orleans-season-11 |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Eater |language=en}}</ref>
Compton works for publishing houses in the UK, taking photographs of European officials in the finance and banking industries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recreations of Icons |url=https://www.fionacompton.com/ |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=www.fionacompton.com |language=en}}</ref>{{third-party inline|date=February 2023}} She is an ambassador for Notting Hill Carnival, a two-day festival in London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Ambassador |url=https://nhcarnival.org/fiona-compton-2020 |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Notting Hill Carnival |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Liu |first=Tansy |date=2021-08-28 |title='Notting Hill Carnival is the ultimate Black Lives Matter march' |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/notting-hill-carnival-ultimate-black-21420123 |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=MyLondon |language=en}}</ref>
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