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Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, KG, PC (1673 – 2 July 1743) was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death in 1743. He sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1698 and 1728, and was then raised to the peerage and sat in the House of Lords .
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16 de abr. de 2024 · Spencer Compton, earl of Wilmington was a British politician, favourite of King George II and nominal prime minister of Great Britain from February 1742 to July 1743. Third son of James Spencer, 3rd earl of Northampton, he first entered Parliament in 1698; in 1715 he became speaker of the House of.
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29 de dez. de 2017 · Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, was a successful Speaker of the House of Commons. His tenure as First Lord of the Treasury was short and he died in office.
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, KG, PC was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death in 1743. He sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1698 and 1728, and was then raised to the peerage and sat in the House of Lords.
3 de dez. de 2014 · The Whig split. In an episode known as the Whig split, Walpole and Charles, second Viscount Townshend, led a group of the Prince’s friends into opposition against the King’s ministers - James,...
11 de jun. de 2018 · The Oxford Companion to British History JOHN CANNON. *Wilmington, Spencer Compton, 1st earl of* (c.1674–1743). A younger son of the earl of Northampton, he entered the Commons [1] in his twenties and became Speaker in 1715.
Biography. Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington served as Prime Minister between 1742 to 1743. Read more about the life and achievements of Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington in our past...
