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Hace 1 día · 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.
Hace 1 día · 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.
Hace 1 día · 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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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...
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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.
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Hace 23 horas · 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).
Hace 2 días · Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington （1673–1743） 1742年 2月16日: 1743年 7月2日: 第一財政大臣: 辉格党: 加特利内阁 （ 英语 ： Carteret ministry ） — 曾施行酒精税政策；在任职期间身体不好，大部分的政府工作事实上是由约翰·加特利完成；死于任期内。 亨利·佩 ...
