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Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
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Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1742 to 1743
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Earl of Wilmington
British noble title
Earl of Wilmington was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1730 for the politician Spencer Compton, 1st Baron Wilmington, who later served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1742 to 1743, during the reign of George II. He had already been created…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Head of government of the United Kingdom
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