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About Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington 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 the only people in British history to have been the Speaker of the House of Commons and Prime Minister.
Everything about Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Lord President of the Council, Lord Privy Seal
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- March 18, 1673, 1674
- Died
- July 2, 1743