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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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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.
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2 de may. de 2024 · Spencer Compton, Karna Morey, Tara Venkatadri, and Lily Zhang named 2021-22 Goldwater Scholars
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.
19 de abr. de 2024 · Spencer Compton (1742–43) Henry Pelham (1743–54) Thomas Pelham-Holles (1754–56; 1st time) William Cavendish (1756–57) Thomas Pelham-Holles (1757–62; 2nd time) John Stuart (1762–63) George Grenville (1763–65) Charles Watson Wentworth (1765–66; 1st time) William Pitt, the Elder (1766–68) Augustus Henry Fitzroy (1768–70) Frederick North (1770–82)
Hace 1 día · Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington: c. 1674–1743 1733 Prime Minister 1742–1743 552 William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex: 1697–1743 1738 Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire 553 James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave: 1684–1741 1738 Ambassador to France 554 Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel: 1720–1785 1741 555
23 de abr. de 2024 · James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton FRS (19 August 1622 – 15 December 1681), was an English peer, politician and author, who fought for the Royalists during the First English Civil War. He succeeded his father Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton when he was killed in March 1643 at the Battle of Hopton Heath .
