* Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington 1875 – 1880

* 1742 – Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.

* 1866 – Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.

On 12 December, the Stationers submitted yet another petition asking for legislation on the issue, and the House of Commons gave three MPs – Spencer Compton, Craven Peyton and Edward Wortley – permission to form a drafting committee.

* Sir William Compton ( 1625-1663 ; third son of Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton )

* Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, British Prime Minister, 1742 – 1743, who gave his name to many of the places called Wilmington.

* Earl of Wilmington, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1730 for Spencer Compton

* July 2 – Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, second Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

* February 16 – Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington briefly becomes Lord Privy Seal.

* May – Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton ( d. 1643 )

* February 20 – The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Newton as Wilmington, North Carolina, named for Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, and patron of Royal Governor Gabriel Johnston.

Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister in the reign of George II of Great Britain.

A borough charter was granted in 1739 by King George II, which changed the name of the settlement from Willington, after Thomas Willing the first developer of the land who organized the area in a grid pattern similar to that of its northern neighbor Philadelphia, to Wilmington, presumably after Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington.

* The Right Honourable Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington KG KB PC

File: Whitehall memorial to Spencer Compton. JPG | Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, 7th Seigneur of Sark, KG, PC (; 22 April 1690 – 22 January 1763 ), commonly known by his earlier title as Lord Carteret, was a British statesman and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1763 ; effectively leader of the country when Spencer Compton was Prime Minister.

There he would be in close connection with his friend and patron Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton.

* Compton Crook Award: Wen Spencer, Alien Taste

Born at Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex, Cavendish was the second son of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, by his wife Lady Blanche Howard, fourth daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, and the brother of Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, who had also been Chief Secretary.

* Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington ( 31 December 1730 – 13 February 1742 )

One of the first men to fall in love with Anne was Lord Spencer Compton, a son of the Earl of Northampton.

The most nearly complete collection of Aldine editions ever brought together was in the Althorp library of the 2nd Earl Spencer, now in the John Rylands Library, Manchester.

However, there was a strong faction at the English court, headed by Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, proposing that Mary and William, because of their anti-Catholic position, should be replaced by some Catholic French heir.

Gladstone's role in the decision to invade was described as relatively hands-off, and that the decision to invade was made by certain members of his cabinet such as Spencer Cavendish, Secretary of State for India, Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, First Lord of the Admiralty, Hugh Childers, Secretary of State for War, and Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, the Foreign Secretary.

* October 27 – King James II of England dismisses minister Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland.

* September 1 – George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, English Whig politician ( d. 1834 )

* September 28 – Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English statesman ( b. 1640 )

With her siblings, Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough | Henrietta and George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer | George, by Angelica Kauffmann, c. 1774.

The successful patent on the acreage was due largely to Spencer, who acted as agent for his cousin Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper, the English landowner who controlled the Northern Neck of Virginia, in which the tract lay.

* William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton ( 1591 – 1636 ), married Penelop, daughter of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton

* Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland ( 1640 – 1702 ), politician

* George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer ( 1758 – 1834 ), politician

* Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland ( 4 December 1685 – October 1688 )

By July, it had been confirmed that they would be billed as Twelfth Night, and in September, a 2nd gig was added and both Andy Revell and Brian Devoil were revealed as part of the line-up, with Mark Spencer ( formerly the vocalist in 80s prog band LaHost, Andy Sears ' one time flatmate, and an old friend of the band ) replacing Rick Battersby.

* Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland: 20 February 1679 – 26 April 1680

* Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland: 1683 – 1684

* Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland: 26 April 1680-2 February 1681

* John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer 1902 – 1905

Alarmed by reports of French preparations on the Mediterranean coast, Lord Spencer at the Admiralty sent a message to Vice-Admiral Earl St. Vincent, commander of the Mediterranean Fleet based in the Tagus River, to despatch a squadron to investigate.

The Duke of Marlborough holds certain subsidiary titles: Marquess of Blandford ( created 1702 ), Earl of Sunderland ( 1643 ), Earl of Marlborough ( 1689 ), Baron Spencer, of Wormleighton ( 1603 ), and Baron Churchill, of Sandridge ( 1685 ) ( all are in the English peerage ).

A younger daughter, Lady Anne Churchill, married Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland ( c. 1674 – 1722 ), and from this marriage descend the modern Dukes of Marlborough.

: Other titles ( 3rd Duke onwards ): Earl of Sunderland ( En 1643 ) and Baron Spencer of Wormleighton ( En 1729 )

Through his mother, both from The Earl Spencer and The Baron Fermoy Families, Harry is of English, Scottish, American descent and of remote Irish descent.

Too poor, even with his award, to pay the fees, he gained a job tutoring the seven-year-old Lord Althorp, son of Earl Spencer.

* Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland ( statesman )

** Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland