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Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington

1673 - 1743

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington is the 7,040th most popular politician (up from 7,255th in 2019), the 1,583rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,427th in 2019) and the 278th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington ranks 7,040 out of 19,576. Before him are Ceawlin of Wessex, Gaius Duilius, Julio César Turbay Ayala, Mahaut, Countess of Artois, Sancho IV of Pamplona, and Theodore Metochites. After him are Thomas Gresham, Masayoshi Ōhira, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Charles de Freycinet, Augustinas Voldemaras, and Princess Louise Amelie of Baden.

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Among people born in 1673, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington ranks 11. Before him are Rosalba Carriera, Alessandro Marcello, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, and Mirwais Hotak. After him are Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, Johann Conrad Dippel, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Claude Gillot, and Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels. Among people deceased in 1743, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington ranks 6. Before him are Hyacinthe Rigaud, André-Hercule de Fleury, Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, and Anne Sophie Reventlow. After him are Nicolas Lancret, Rafael Casanova, Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz, Augustine Washington, Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, and Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington ranks 1,583 out of 8,785. Before him are John Entwistle (1944), Dick McTaggart (1935), William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720), John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), and Tim Hunt (1943). After him are Thomas Gresham (1519), Bill Ward (1948), Ian Rush (1961), Dave Gahan (1962), Frederick Abel (1827), and John Gould (1804).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington ranks 278. Before him are Warren Hastings (1732), Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720), John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404), and Ceawlin of Wessex (600). After him are Thomas Gresham (1519), Rishi Sunak (1980), David Trimble (1944), Denis Thatcher (1915), Chris Patten (1944), and James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612).

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