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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 · A small agricultural hamlet for its first 100 years, it developed into a prosperous port and market town after the Quakers moved there in the 1730s. The Quakers secured a borough charter from Thomas Penn, the proprietor of Pennsylvania, who named the town (1739) for his friend Spencer Compton, earl of Wilmington.
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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.
18 de may. de 2024 · Subscribed. 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...
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15 de may. de 2024 · Settled in the early 1730s and called New Carthage and then New Liverpool, it was incorporated (1740) as New Town (Newton) and later renamed to honour Spencer Compton, earl of Wilmington. The first American armed resistance to the Stamp Act occurred there in November 1765.
Hace 3 días · Spencer was a merchant who had been a pioneer in the Levant trade and Lord Mayor in 1594–5. He already owned Crosby Hall in the City and an estate at Canonbury, where he preferred to live. Against his wishes, his only surviving child, Elizabeth, married William, 2nd Lord Compton, later the 1st Earl of Northampton, also in 1599.
27 de may. de 2024 · Walpole spent more than 20 years as Prime Minister, from April 1721 until February 1742. He was succeeded by Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, who thus became the first Prime Minister appointed by King George II. On his retirement from front-line politics, Walpole was created 1st Earl of Orford and elevated to the Upper Chamber.
