Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, KG, PC (1673 – 2 July 1743) was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until...
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Spencer Compton may refer to: Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton (1601–1643), British politician Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673–1743)...
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County Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673–1743), British Prime Minister, 1742–1743, who gave his name to many of the places called Wilmington Earl...
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Earl of Wilmington was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1730 for the politician Spencer Compton, 1st Baron Wilmington, who later...
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Henry Compton, sixth son of the second Earl of Northampton, was Bishop of London. Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, Prime Minister of Great Britain...
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Compton Place is a mansion house in the parish of Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. It was rebuilt from 1726 by Sir Spencer Compton (later 1st Earl of...
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daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan (b. 1673) July 2 – Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, British politician, Prime Minister of the United...
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Carteret ministry (redirect from Wilmington Ministry)
head of the ministry was Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, until his death in 1743. He was succeeded in the role of prime minister by Henry Pelham...
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the birthplace and burial place of Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, considered to be the second Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The house...
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colonial governor of New Hampshire. It was named in honor of Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. Wilmington is the home of Haystack Mountain Ski...
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