Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington

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British politician Prime Minister of Great Britain Whig politician human member of the Parliament of Great Britain

Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, was an 18th-century British statesman who briefly served as Prime Minister of Great Britain under King George II.

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Label Occurrences
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington canonical 3
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington 2
Spencer Compton 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
Whig politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
member of the Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
birthDate 1673-05-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, England ⓘ
burialPlace Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1743-07-02 ⓘ
deathPlace St James's ⓘ
surface form: St James's, London, England
educatedAt Middle Temple ⓘ
Trinity College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
familyName Compton ⓘ
father James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton ⓘ
givenName Spencer ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
knownFor leading a short-lived Whig administration under George II ⓘ
serving as Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm George II of Great Britain ⓘ
mother Mary Noel ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Wilmington ⓘ
notableEvent succeeded Robert Walpole after his resignation in 1742 ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented East Grinstead ⓘ
Eye ⓘ
Grampound ⓘ
Launceston ⓘ
Lewes ⓘ
parliamentaryHouse House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
peerage Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
positionHeld First Lord of the Treasury ⓘ
Leader of the House of Commons ⓘ
Lord President of the Council ⓘ
Paymaster of the Forces ⓘ
Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
Treasurer of the Household ⓘ
precededBy Robert Walpole ⓘ
primeMinisterEndDate 1743-07-02 ⓘ
primeMinisterStartDate 1742-02-16 ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
residence Wilmington House, St James's, London ⓘ
sibling George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton ⓘ
succeededBy Henry Pelham ⓘ

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Wilmington, Delaware → namedAfter → Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington ⓘ
Henry Pelham → precededBy → Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington ⓘ
Wilmington → namedAfter → Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilmington, North Carolina
this entity surface form: Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
Compton → hasNotableBearer → Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spencer Compton
Whig Supremacy → significantPrimeMinister → Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington ⓘ
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States → namedAfter → Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilmington, North Carolina
this entity surface form: Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington