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Earl of Wilmington was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. [1] It was created in 1730 for the politician Spencer Compton, 1st Baron Wilmington, who later served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1742 to 1743, during the reign of George II. He had already been created Baron Wilmington in 1728 [2] and was made Viscount Pevensey at the ...
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington KG, KB, PC (ca 1673 – 2 July 1743) was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death. He served as the nominal head of government from 1742 until his death in 1743, but was merely a figurehead for the true leader of the government, Lord Carteret , the Secretary of State for the Northern Department.
11 de jun. de 2018 · Wilmington, Spencer Compton, 1st earl of ( c. 1674–1743). A younger son of the earl of Northampton, he entered the Commons in his twenties and became Speaker in 1715. At the accession of George II in 1727 he was expected to become first minister, having served as treasurer to the prince, but was outmanœuvred by Walpole without difficulty.
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673–1743) was the second surviving son of James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton and his second wife Mary, the daughter of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden. Several other portraits of Compton family members were sold at the Townshend Heirlooms sale of 1904. 1 Compton studied at St Paul’s School ...
Signature. Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington's signature. Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington KG KB PC (ca 1673 [1] – 2 July 1743) [2] was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death. He served as the Prime Minister from 1742 until his death in 1743.
Spencer Compton, First Earl of Wilmington — ‘George II’s Favourite Nonentity’. Chapter. pp 31–39. Cite this chapter. Download book PDF. Download book EPUB. Eighteenth-Century British Premiers. Dick Leonard. 71 Accesses.
