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Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, KG, PC (1673 – 2 July 1743) was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death in 1743. He sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1698 and 1728, and was then raised to the peerage and sat in the House of Lords .
Spencer Compton, 1. er conde de Wilmington (18 de marzo de 1673-2 de julio de 1743), hombre de estado inglés del partido Whig que se desempeñó en forma ininterrumpida en el gobierno británico desde 1715 hasta su muerte. [1]
29 de jul. de 1999 · Spencer Compton, earl of Wilmington (born 1673?—died July 2, 1743) was a British politician, favourite of King George II and nominal prime minister of Great Britain from February 1742 to July 1743.
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Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, was a successful Speaker of the House of Commons. His tenure as First Lord of the Treasury was short and he died in office. He came to prominence after Sir...
- Chairman of The Election and Privileges Committee
- The Whig Split
- Knight of The Garter
Compton became close to Robert Walpole and was appointed Chairman of the Commons election and privileges committee in 1705. This reflected his interest in parliamentary process and it was here, rather than in brilliant oratory, that Compton’s skills lay. He was involved in the impeachment of the incendiary Tory preacher Henry Sacheverellin 1710 and...
In an episode known as the Whig split, Walpole and Charles, second Viscount Townshend, led a group of the Prince’s friends into opposition against the King’s ministers - James, Earl Stanhope and the third Earl of Sunderland. They were motivated both by concerns about policy and support for the Prince, but Compton now found himself attempting to rem...
Compton was ennobled (as Baron, and later Earl of, Wilmington) in 1728, perhaps because Walpole was keen to remove him as a potential rival in the Commons. He retained a strong dislike of Walpole and maintained contacts with a number of opposition figures, but he joined the administration as Lord Privy Seal and then Lord President of the Council in...
Spencer Compton, 1.er conde de Wilmington (18 de marzo de 1673-2 de julio de 1743), hombre de estado inglés del partido Whig que se desempeñó en forma ininterrumpida en el gobierno británico desde 1715 hasta su muerte.
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, was Prime Minister in a distinctly old-fashioned way (even for the 18th century). He saw himself as the King’s instrument, and not as the leading figure of the government.
