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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 the prime minister of Great Britain from 1742 until his death in 1743. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington has received more than 449,220 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington is the 8,417th most popular politician (down from 7,431st in 2019), the 1,775th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,621st in 2019) and the 280th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington ranks 8,417 out of 15,577. Before him are Mintimer Shaimiev, Titus Lartius, Théophile Delcassé, Henry II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Caupo of Turaida, and King Xiao of Zhou. After him are Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, Valerius Romulus, Rudolf II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Venceslau Brás, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, and Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1673, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington ranks 15. Before him are Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, René Duguay-Trouin, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, and Johann Conrad Dippel. After him are Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg, Mirwais Hotak, Claude Gillot, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, George Graham, and James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope. Among people deceased in 1743, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington ranks 8. Before him are Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, André-Hercule de Fleury, Anne Sophie Reventlow, Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria, Rafael Casanova, and Nicolas Lancret. After him are Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, Augustine Washington, Jai Singh II, Ogata Kenzan, Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington ranks 1,775 out of 7,765. Before him are Naomie Harris (1976), John Adams (1767), James Gillray (1756), Edward Balliol (1283), Augustus Pugin (1812), and Bill Foulkes (1932). After him are Keith Flint (1969), Orderic Vitalis (1075), Tom Felton (1987), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Sandie Shaw (1947), and Roland Joffé (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington ranks 280. Before him are Sid Watkins (1928), Randolph Churchill (1911), Elizabeth Tudor (1492), Jeremy Corbyn (1949), William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738), and Edward Balliol (1283). After him are Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), Sadiq Khan (1970), Reginald Johnston (1874), and Spencer Perceval (1762).

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