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	Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Compton, the third son of James Spencer Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton, entered the Commons for the first time in 1698.
		Later that year he was made Earl of Wilmington and Viscount Pevensey, and became Lord President of the Council, a position in which he continued to serve until 1742, when he succeeded Walpole at the Treasury, in an administration effectively headed by Lord Carteret.
		Wilmington died the next year, and was succeeded as First Lord of the Treasury by Henry Pelham.
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	Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1713 Compton re-entered Parliament for East Grinstead and when the Whigs took power in 1715 he was hopeful for a high office but it did not come.
		However Compton felt he was not up to the tasks of government and in particular proved unable to compete with Walpole's proposals for an allowance for the King.
		In order to remove him from the Commons, Walpole raised Compton to the peerage as Baron Wilmington in 1728; two years later, he was created Earl of Wilmington and Viscount Pevensey and appointed Lord President of the Council.
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		Earl of Wilmington, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, August 26...
		Compton, the third son of James Spencer Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton, was educated at St.
		Later that year he was created Earl of Wilmington and Viscount Pevensey, and became Lord President of the Council, a position in which he continued to serve until 1742, when he succeeded Walpole at the Treasury, in an administration effectively headed by Lord Carteret.
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	Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Compton, the third son of James Spencer Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton, was educated at St Paul's and at Trinity College, Oxford, then was admitted into Middle Temple.
		At a meeting between the three Compton declared he was not up to the task of government.
		The cities of Wilmington, North Carolina, and Wilmington, Delaware are named in his honor.
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	SPENCER COMPTON, 1ST EARL OF WILMINGTON FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Compton, the third son of James Spencer Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton, was educated at St Paul's and at Trinity_College,_Oxford, then was admitted into Middle_Temple.
		In order to avoid this Walpole sought to keep Compton on the margins of government, though he was appointed as Paymaster_General from 1722 until 1730.
		In order to remove him from the Commons, Walpole raised Compton to the peerage as Baron Wilmington in 1728; two years later, he was created Earl of Wilmington and Viscount Pevensey and appointed Lord_President_of_the_Council.
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		Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, circa 1925 Compton Wynyates is a country house in Warwickshire, England.
		Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor (1658 - 1730), was knighted in 1692 as solicitor-general and in 1695 became attorney-general.
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	Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1713 Compton re-entered Parliament for (Click link for more info and facts about East Grinstead) East Grinstead and when the Whigs took power in 1715 he was hopeful for a high office but it did not come.
		In 1725 Compton entered Walpole's government as (The senior cabinet minister in the British Cabinet who has no official duties) Lord Privy Seal and was also created a (Click link for more info and facts about Knight of the Bath) Knight of the Bath.
		In order to remove him from the Commons, Walpole raised Compton to the peerage as Baron Wilmington in 1728; two years later, he was created Earl of Wilmington and Viscount Pevensey and appointed (Click link for more info and facts about Lord President of the Council) Lord President of the Council.
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	Wilmington, Spencer Compton, earl of, Viscount Pevensey -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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		Compton Mackenzie was a British novelist, playwright, and poet.
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	Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington . 1743 . Burke's Peerage . 1722 . Lord President of the Council . 1742 . 1733 . ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington Order of the Garter KG, Privy Council PC c.
		He served as the nominal head of government from 1742 until his death in 1743, but was merely a figurehead for the true leader of the government, John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville Lord Carteret, the Secretary of State for the Northern Department.
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		History of the Comptons of Compton Wynyates, William Bingham Compton, Marquess of Northampton, 1940
		(1668), 186, Spencer, Earl of Northampton, was “born at Compton in Warwickshire, the very same day and hour that the Powder Traytors were defeated at Dun-church in that County”.
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	Compton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Compton scattering, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons.
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		Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, GCB, (26 August 1676–18 March 1745), nickname "Cock Robin," was a British Whig statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.
		Upon the death of the third Earl, the Earldom was inherited by the first Earl's younger son, Horace Walpole (a famous writer), who died without heirs in 1797.
		This collection was sold by his grandson, the 3rd Earl of Orford, to the Russian Empress Catherine II in 1779.
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		Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford''' (26 August 1676–18 March 1745), normally known as '''Sir Robert Walpole, is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of the United KingdomPrime Minister of Great Britain.
		His administrative skills having been noticed, Walpole was promoted by Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of GodolphinLord Godolphin (the Lord High Treasurer and leader of the Cabinet) to the position of Secretary at War in 1708; for a short period of time in 1710, he also simultaneously held the post of Treasurer of the Navy.
		Orford was succeeded as Prime Minister by Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of WilmingtonLord Wilmington, in an administration whose true head was Lord Carteret.
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	Spencer Compton, 1r earl de Wilmington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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		Educaban a Compton, el tercer hijo de James Spencer Compton, 3ro earl de Northampton, en St Paul y la universidad de la trinidad, Oxford, entonces fue aceptada en el templo central.
		Además, crearon a señor Wilmington un caballero del baño en 1725 y un caballero de la liga en 1733.
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		The Port of Wilmington, Delaware, is a full-service deepwater port and marine terminal handling over 400 vessels per year with an annual import/export cargo tonnage of 5 million tons.
		Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673 - 2 July 1743).
		USS Wilmington (CL-111) USS Wilmington (CL-111) was to be a United States Navy Fargo-class light cruiser, and was laid down 5 March 1945 by William Cramp and Sons, but with the end of the war, construction was suspended 12 August 1945 and the hulk subsequently scrapped.
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	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Compton Spencer Earl of Wilmington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Compton, Spencer, Earl of Wilmington (1673-1743), British statesman, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1742-1743).
		He survived the accession of George II, who was looking to promote his favourite, Spencer Compton,...
		The first Gladstone government disestablished the Church of Ireland in 1869 and passed the Irish Land Act of 1870, which offered some measure of...
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	compton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Compton, California, named for Griffith D. Compton (who started a settlement there in 1867).
		Frances Snow Compton, a pseudonym used by Henry Adams.
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
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	Spencer Abraham - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Spencer Abraham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Edward Spencer Abraham (born June 12, 1952 in East Lansing, Michigan) is an American politician.
		Spencer Abraham and his wife, Jane, have three children.
		He holds a law degree from Harvard University, a 1974 Honors College graduate of Michigan State University and is a native of East Lansing, Michigan.
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	Robert Walpole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (August 26, 1676 - March 18, 1745) is generally regarded as the first British Prime Minister and is credited with having the longest term of office.
		He was created Earl of Orford and was given the house now known as 10 Downing Street, which he presented to the nation to be used as the official residence of future prime ministers.
		Walpole's "fall" took the form of an elevation to the House of Lords as Earl of Orford, where he continued to influence the government in the House of Commons for some time.
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		Spencer married Mary Beaumont in 1621 in Not Known.
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	First Lord of the Treasury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington: February 16, 1742 - July 2, 1743
		Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1876): February 20, 1874 - April 23, 1880
		Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh: June 29, 1885 - February 1, 1886
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	Articles - George II of Great Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Compton, however, requested Walpole for aid in the task, leading George's wife, Queen Caroline, an ardent supporter of Sir Robert Walpole, to claim that he was incompetent.
		He was replaced by Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, George II's original choice for the premiership, who had previously failed to gain office due to the manÅ“uvres of Queen Caroline.
		George's Prime Minister, Henry Pelham died in 1754, to be succeeded by his brother, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, and thereafter by William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire in 1756.
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