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16 de abr. de 2024 · Spencer Compton, earl of Wilmington was a British politician, favourite of King George II and nominal prime minister of Great Britain from February 1742 to July 1743. Third son of James Spencer, 3rd earl of Northampton, he first entered Parliament in 1698; in 1715 he became speaker of the House of.
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Hace 4 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 3 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]
22 de abr. de 2024 · Spencer was named after his great-great-uncle, British Prime Minister Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1674-1743), who was considered Britain’s 2nd Prime Minister in history; the 1st was fellow Whig Party politician Robert Walpole.
Hace 5 días · George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, KG, PC, DL, FRS, FSA (1 September 1758 – 10 November 1834), styled Viscount Althorp from 1765 to 1783, was a British Whig politician. He served as Home Secretary from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents. He was also the father of the Venerable Father Ignatius of St Paul, a Roman Catholic ...
30 de abr. de 2024 · Spencer Compton, 2nd earl of Northampton (born May 1601—died March 19, 1643, Hopton Heath, Shropshire, Eng.) was a Royalist commander during the English Civil Wars. The son of William Compton, 1st earl in the Compton line (whom he succeeded in 1630), he warmly supported King Charles I.
Hace 4 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 ...
