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Hace 4 días · Extravagant spending by the 8th Earl, Spencer Compton, became ruinous after a contested election in 1768. He left England for good in 1774, took up voluntary exile in Switzerland, and put his affairs in the hands of trustees, led by his banker and brother-in-law, Henry Drummond ( c . 1730–95).
18 de may. de 2024 · Walpole out-maneuvered him in 1727 to steal the top job from him, but Spencer Compton, the Earl of Wilmington, would get his revenge and (eventually) become Prime Minister. Recorded on location...
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Hace 5 días · Spencer Compton Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire. 1908–19: John William Strutt, Baron Rayleigh. 1919–30: Arthur James Balfour, Earl of Balfour. 1930–47: Stanley Baldwin, Earl Baldwin of Bewdley. 1948–50: Jan Christian Smuts. 1950– Arthur William Tedder, Baron Tedder.
Hace 3 días · 583. The Angel and Islington High Street in 2004. The café was closed and the Angel purchased by the London County Council to allow for demolition in connection with planned road improvements (see above). Up to 1968 the building was used by the City University and its predecessor's Department of Geology.
Hace 6 días · Spencer Compton, the second earl of Northampton, and one of the most zealous adherents to Charles I., resided in this house, which was garrisoned by some parliamentary troops in 1646, in which year the church was destroyed. Conderton
Hace 6 días · Spencer Compton (afterwards Earl of Wilmington). 1730: Henry Pelham. 1743: Thomas Winnington. 1746: William Pitt (afterwards Earl of Chatham). 1755: Henry, Earl of Darlington, and Thomas Hay, called Lord Viscount Dupplin (afterwards Earl of Kinnoull). 1756: Lord Dupplin and Thomas Potter. 1757: Henry Fox (afterwards Lord Holland ...
12 de may. de 2024 · Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington Iain Dale talks to historian Robin Eagles about the short-lived premiership of the Earl of Wilmington, who served as Prime Minister from February 1742 to July 1743.
