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- Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, KG, PC (1673 [ 1 ] – 2 July 1743) [ 2 ] was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death in 1743. He sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1698 and 1728, and was then raised to the peerage and sat in the House of Lords.
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In 1812 he was created Baron Wilmington, of Wilmington in the County of Sussex, Earl Compton, of Compton in the County of Warwick, and Marquess of Northampton. [3] These titles were in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, KG, PC (1673 [1] – 2 July 1743) [2] was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death in 1743. He sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1698 and 1728, and was then raised to the peerage and sat in the House of Lords .
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Compton is the son of the Most Hon. William Compton, 6th Marquess of Northampton and Virginia Lucie Compton, née Heaton. The family seats are Castle Ashby House and Compton Wynyates. The heir apparent to the marquessate and its subsidiary titles is Northampton's only son Daniel, Earl Compton (b. 1973). The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, ...
He has been married six times. On 13 June 1967, Compton married Henriette Luisa Maria Bentinck, daughter of Adolph Willem Carel Baron Bentinck and Gabrielle Baronin Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kaszon. The couple had two children and divorced in 1973. 1. Lady Lara Katrina Compton (b. 26 April 1968) 2. Daniel Bingham Compton, Earl Compton(b. 16 January 197...
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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The 2nd Baron Compton, created Earl of Northampton in 1618, acquired estates in Buckinghamshire (Moulsoe), Middlesex (Canonbury), Somerset (Pitney and Wearne, Long Sutton) and elsewhere...
Dec 3, 2014 · Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, was a compromise First Lord of the Treasury during a period of political instability. Born around 1674 to aristocratic parents (his father was...
Biography. Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, was a successful Speaker of the House of Commons. His tenure as First Lord of the Treasury was short and he died in office. He came to...
