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Hace 4 días · Extravagant spending by the 8th Earl, Spencer Compton, became ruinous after a contested election in 1768. He left England for good in 1774, took up voluntary exile in Switzerland, and put his affairs in the hands of trustees, led by his banker and brother-in-law, Henry Drummond ( c . 1730–95).
Hace 4 días · Subscribed. 0. No views 1 minute ago Prime Factors. From his humble birth in the Compton family castle, Spencer Compton rose to become a "dull, important Lord" in Parliament. Walpole...
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Hace 3 días · The second Lord Compton was created Earl of Northampton in 1618 (James I.), and also K.G. and Lord President of the Marches and Dominions of Wales. How that nobleman carried off the daughter of rich Lord Mayor Spencer, in a baker's basket, from Canonbury, we have before related.
Hace 2 días · William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire: 1698–1755 1733 Lord Steward 551 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
Hace 5 días · Spencer Compton, the second earl of Northampton, and one of the most zealous adherents to Charles I., resided in this house, which was garrisoned by some parliamentary troops in 1646, in which year the church was destroyed. Conderton
Hace 4 días · From his humble birth in the Compton family castle, Spencer Compton rose to become a "dull, important Lord" in Parliament. Walpole out-maneuvered in 1727 to steal the top job from him, but Spencer Compton, the Earl of Wilmington, would get his revenge and (eventually) become Prime Minister.
Hace 3 días · From my childhood at our family’s moated Compton Wynyates estate, I had an easy gift for the realities of the realm. I learned the non-profit Veterans Homes used the 584-unit development (and similar ones across the nation that later failed) to inexpensively house veterans returning from the war, a benevolent practice that suits my Whig sentiments down to the ground.
