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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).
Hace 3 días · The second Lord Compton was created Earl of Northampton in 1618 (James I.), and also K.G. and Lord President of the Marches and Dominions of Wales. How that nobleman carried off the daughter of rich Lord Mayor Spencer, in a baker's basket, from Canonbury, we have before related.
Hace 2 días · The Angel may have come to Riplingham through Compton, as the 3rd Earl was identified as the Angel's owner in 1677. In or about 1638 Riplingham was fined for erecting (against building–control proclamations) 'a new building in the Angel's Inn in Islington'.
Hace 4 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.
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.
Hace 5 días · Spencer Compton, Slobodan Mitrovic, Ronitt Rubinfeld: New Partitioning Techniques and Faster Algorithms for Approximate Interval Scheduling.
Hace 1 día · (Image: Spencer Mulholland Photography) He said: “Our store supports the charity - we lost a manager a year ago and the hospice cared for them. It’s our way of giving back.” He’s managed to get donations from customers, friends, and colleagues. Patrick added: “I think some of them may be paying to keep me in!”
