Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1742 to 1743 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, KG, PC (c. 1674 – 2 July 1743)[1] 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. He served as the prime minister of Great Britain from 1742 until his death in 1743. He is considered to have been Britain's second prime minister, after Robert Walpole, but worked closely with the Secretary of State, Lord Carteret, in order to secure the support of the various factions making up the government.
The Earl of Wilmington | |
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.jpg) Portrait by Godfrey Kneller, c. 1715 | |
| Prime Minister of Great Britain | |
| In office 16 February 1742 – 2 July 1743 | |
| Monarch | George II |
| Preceded by | Robert Walpole |
| Succeeded by | Henry Pelham |
| Lord President of the Council | |
| In office 31 December 1730 – 13 February 1742 | |
| Monarch | George II |
| Prime Minister | Robert Walpole |
| Preceded by | The Lord Trevor |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Harrington |
| Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain | |
| In office 17 March 1715 – 1727 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Thomas Hanmer |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Onslow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1674 Compton Wynyates, England |
| Died | 2 July 1743(1743-07-02) (aged 69) Westminster, England |
| Resting place | Compton Wynyates |
| Political party | Whig |
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| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
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