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
Portrait by Godfrey Kneller, c. 1715
Portrait of Spencer Compton, by Godfrey Kneller, c. 1710
Compton Place, Eastbourne, in 2009
Retuched Painting of Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole
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Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig statesman who is generally regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain, ser
Portrait by Jean-Baptiste van Loo, c. 1740
Speaker Arthur Onslow calling upon Sir Robert Walpole to Speak in the House of Commons by William Hogarth
Walpole with his secretary, Henry Bilson-Legge, by Stephen Slaughter