BROMPTON, a south-western district of London, England, in the south-east of the metropolitan borough of Kensington. Brompton road, leading south-west from Knightsbridge, is con tinued as Old Brompton road and Richmond road, to join Lillie road, at which point are the Metropolitan District and Southern Railway stations of West Brompton. Brompton Oratory, the Im perial institute, the Victoria and Albert museum, the Imperial College of Art, the Natural History museum, the Imperial Science museum, the Imperial College of Science and Technology, the offices of the University of London, the Brompton consumption hospital and the West London or Brompton cemetery are in cluded in this district, which is mainly occupied by residences. (See KENSINGTON.)