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Hace 3 días · The city was founded in the 1730s, and after going through a series of different names (New Carthage, New London, Newton), its name became Wilmington in 1740, named after Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. The area along the river had been inhabited by various successive cultures of indigenous peoples for thousands of years.
Hace 2 días · Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister during the reign of George II of Great Britain. As of the 2020 census , the city's population was 70,898. [5]
Hace 2 días · Spencer shot all three officers and testified that he acted alone, but his alleged accomplice, Nathaniel Woods, was also sentenced to death. Woods was executed in 2020 in a highly publicized and controversial execution .
23 de may. de 2024 · James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton FRS (19 August 1622 – 15 December 1681), was an English peer, politician and author, who fought for the Royalists during the First English Civil War. He succeeded his father Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton when he was killed in March 1643 at the Battle of Hopton Heath .
18 de may. de 2024 · 0. No views 1 minute ago Prime Factors. From his humble birth in the Compton family castle, Spencer Compton rose to become a "dull, important Lord" in Parliament. Walpole out-maneuvered him in...
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Hace 3 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).
26 de may. de 2024 · “This Most Lovely Section of Southern California”: Some Early History of Compton, 1866-1876, Part One “In Provision for the Lawful Heirs”: The Lawsuit of Akley vs. Bassett for the Joseph M. Workman Ranch, Rancho La Puente, 1918-1924, Part Five
