Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
1674 – 1743 · aged 69
Prime Minister of Great Britain
- Born
- 1674 · Compton Wynyates
- Died
- 1743 · London
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- 1674BornBorn in Compton Wynyates
- 1698RoleMember of the 1695-98 Parliament
- 1715 – 1727RoleSpeaker of the House of Commons
- 1730 – 1731RoleLord Privy Seal
- 1730 – 1742RoleLord President of the Council
- 1742 – 1743RolePrime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1743DiedDied in London
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Biography
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673 – 2 July 1743) 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 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. He is one of only three people in British history to have been the Speaker of the House of Commons and Prime Minister.
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