Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington

The Right Honourable The Earl of Wilmington KG KB PC
Portrait by Godfrey Kneller, c. 1715
Prime Minister of Great Britain
In office 16 February 1742 – 2 July 1743
Monarch	George II
Preceded by	Robert Walpole
Succeeded by	Henry Pelham
Lord President of the Council
In office 31 December 1730 – 13 February 1742
Monarch	George II
Prime Minister	Robert Walpole
Preceded by	The Lord Trevor
Succeeded by	The Earl of Harrington
Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain
In office 17 March 1715 – 1727
Monarch	George I
Prime Minister	Robert Walpole (from 1721)
Preceded by	Sir Thomas Hanmer
Succeeded by	Arthur Onslow
Personal details
Born	1673 Compton Wynyates, England
Died	2 July 1743 (aged c. 70) Westminster, England
Resting place	Compton Wynyates
Political party	Whig
Parent	James Compton (father)
Alma mater	Trinity College, Oxford
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Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673 – 2 July 1743^[1]) 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. 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.