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16 de abr. de 2024 · 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. Third son of James Spencer, 3rd earl of Northampton, he first entered Parliament in 1698; in 1715 he became speaker of the House of ...
22 de abr. de 2024 · Born in fashionable Mayfair, London, on the 1st of November 1762, Spencer was the son of the politician and confidante of King George III John Perceval, 2nd Earl Egmont and his second wife Catherine Compton. Spencer was named after his great-great-uncle, British Prime Minister Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1674-1743), who ...
Hace 5 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]
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 · On 19 February 1665, Cholmeley married Lady Anne Compton, oldest daughter of Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton and Mary Beaumont at Hamerton in Huntingdonshire. They had a daughter, but no son, so with his death the baronetcy became extinct.
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 .
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)
