Portrait of Spencer Compton is a c. 1710 portrait painting of the English politician Spencer Compton by the German-born British artist Godfrey Kneller...
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Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, KG, PC (1673 – 2 July 1743) was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until...
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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...
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Godfrey Kneller (category Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain)
1710 Portrait of Spencer Compton, c.1710 Portrait of Sir Christopher Wren, 1711. Duke of Devonshire, c.1711 Earl of Peterborough, 1715 Earl of Scarbrough...
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Compton Place is a mansion house in the parish of Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. It was rebuilt from 1726 by Sir Spencer Compton (later 1st Earl of...
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granddaughter of the 4th Earl of Northampton. Spencer was a Compton family name; Catherine Compton's great-uncle Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, had been...
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A kit-cat portrait or kit-kat portrait is a particular size of portrait, less than half-length, but including the hands. The name originates from a famous...
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for Northampton after the Restoration. Compton was the second son of Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton of Castle Ashby and his wife Mary. He was...
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Carteret ministry (category Ministries of George II of Great Britain)
head of the ministry was Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, until his death in 1743. He was succeeded in the role of prime minister by Henry Pelham...
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reversing the pro-Tory landslide of the previous election, with 341 Whigs and 217 Tories. Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, the Whig member for...
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William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton, KG (died 24 June 1630), known as 2nd Baron Compton from 1589 to 1618, was an English nobleman, peer, and politician...
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Retrieved 6 September 2012 Can I rise to the heights my ancestors did? Retrieved 27 May 2017 Portrait of Mr. Edward Spencer Retrieved 27 May 2017 v t e v t e...
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John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, KG, TD, PC (13 November 1871 – 30 June 1934), styled Earl of Sunderland until 1883 and Marquess of Blandford...
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Sickert & Spencer, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2011: Stanley Spencer And The English Garden, Compton Verney House, 2013: Heaven in a Hell of War, Somerset...
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Althorp (category Burial sites of the Spencer-Churchill family)
unknown (link) Spencer 1998, p. 23. Spencer 1998, p. 66. Spencer 1998, pp. 28–29. Spencer 1998, p. 29. Spencer 1998, pp. 22–25. "Portrait of the Duc de Cheyreuse"...
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Compton Verney Art Gallery is an art gallery at Compton Verney, Warwickshire, England. It is housed in Compton Verney House, a restored Grade I listed...
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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer; /dʒɔːrˈdʒeɪnə/ jor-JAY-nə; 7 June 1757 – 30 March 1806), was an English aristocrat, socialite...
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Henry Compton (c. 1632 – 7 July 1713) was an English Army officer and Anglican clergyman who served as the Bishop of London from 1675 to 1713. Compton was...
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Andro Linklater (category Alumni of New College, Oxford)
Measuring America led to a series of books on American history, about which he was an eloquent speaker. Linklater's book Why Spencer Perceval Had To Die focuses...
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Baron Monteagle, and Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton, both of whom predeceased her. She was the daughter of Sir John Spencer of Althorp and his wife, the...
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Richard Vaughn Spencer (born January 18, 1954) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 76th United States Secretary of the Navy from...
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George Frederic Watts (category Royal Society of Portrait Painters)
the age of 69, Watts remarried, to Mary Fraser Tytler, a Scottish designer and potter, then aged 36. In 1891 he bought land near Compton, south of Guildford...
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Saskia Reeves (category Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
Reeves interview: why the star of BBC One's Us feels lucky despite lockdown". The Scotsman. Retrieved 18 December 2021. Spencer, Charles (28 April 2008). "Hello...
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Lord Frederick Cavendish (category Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge)
victim of the Irish National Invincibles organisation. Born at Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex, Cavendish was the second son of the 7th Duke of Devonshire...
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Bernard van Cutsem (category Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge)
van Cutsem married Mary Compton (1919-1989), daughter of Major Edward Robert Francis Compton (1891–1977) and Sylvia Farquharson of Invercauld (1899–1950)...
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Frederick Leveson-Gower (Bodmin MP) (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Bodmin)
Leveson-Gower, after his return, married Lady Margaret Compton, daughter of Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton, on 1 June 1851. She died only a few...
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At Vertical". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 27, 2024. Legacy, Spencer (March 6, 2024). "Exclusive Strictly Confidential Poster Previews the Elizabeth...
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and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1763 and worked closely with the Prime Minister of the country, Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, to manage...
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Anne Hyde (redirect from Anne, Duchess of York)
men. One of the first men to fall in love with Anne was Spencer Compton, a son of the Earl of Northampton. However, Anne quickly fell in love with Henry...
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Below is a list of all the episodes from Baywatch (1989–2001). The actual beach location in the series is located in California. "Sitcom rewards ABC's...
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