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1742 - 1743
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Spencer Compton
Earl of Wilmington
Born. 1673, Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire
Died. 2 Jul 1743, London
Party - Whig

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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Ministerial offices: Paymaster of the Queen's Pensions (26 Apr 1707 - 1714)
  Treasurer to Prince George of Denmark (26 Apr 1707 - 1708)
  Treasurer to Prince of Wales (Mar 1715 - 1727)
  Paymaster General (Oct 1722 - 1730)
  Lord Privy Seal (8 May 1730 - Dec 1730)
  Lord President of the Council (31 Dec 1730 - 1742)
  First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords (16 Feb 1742 - 2 Jul 1743)
Other names/titles: Sir Spencer Compton (from 27 May 1725, Knight of the Bath); Baron Wilmington (from 8 Jan 1728); 1st Earl of Wilmington and Viscount Pevensey (from 14 May 1730)