Earl of Wilmington

British noble title

Spencer Compton,
1st Earl of Wilmington

Earl of Wilmington was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.[1] It was created in 1730 for the politician Spencer Compton, 1st Baron Wilmington, who later served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1742 to 1743, during the reign of George II. He had already been created Baron Wilmington in 1728[2] and was made Viscount Pevensey at the same time as he was given the earldom. Compton was the third son of James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton. The titles became extinct on his death in 1743, as he left no male heirs.

The Wilmington title was revived in 1812 when his great-great-nephew Charles Compton, 9th Earl of Northampton, was made Baron Wilmington, Earl Compton and Marquess of Northampton.

The American settlements of Wilmington, Massachusetts, Wilmington, Delaware; Wilmington, Vermont; and Wilmington, North Carolina were named for Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington.

Earls of Wilmington (1730)

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Huntingdon (7th creation), Northampton, and Wilmington family tree
Robert
1000–1035
Duke of Normandy
Adelaide of Normandy
c. 1030–before 1090
Countess of Aumale		William the Conqueror
c. 1028–1087
King of England
Earl of Huntingdon (1st creation), 1065
Earl of Northampton (1st creation), 1071
Waltheof
d. 1076
Earl of Northumbria, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Earl of Northampton		Judith of Lens
1054/1055–c. 1090, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon
Maud
c. 1074–1130
3rd Countess of Huntingdon, 2nd Countess of Northampton
Queen of Scotland		Simon I de Senlis
d. 1111–1113
3rd Earl of Huntingdon, 2nd Earl of Northampton jure uxoris
Simon II de Senlis
c. 1098–1153
4th Earl of Huntingdon, 3rd Earl of Northampton
Simon III de Senlis
c. 1138–1184
5th Earl of Huntingdon, 4th Earl of Northampton
Earldom of Northampton (1st creation) reverted to the Crown, 1184
Earl of Northampton (2nd creation), 1337
William de Bohun
c. 1312 – 1373
Earl of Hereford, Earl of Essex, 1st Earl of Northampton		Edward III
1312–1377
King of England
Humphrey de Bohun
1342–1373
Earl of Hereford, Earl of Essex, 2nd Earl of Northampton		John of Gaunt
1340–1399
Duke of Lancaster		Thomas of Woodstock
1355–1397
Duke of Gloucester
Earldom of Northampton (2nd creation) abeyant, 1373
Earl of Northampton (2nd creation restored), 1384Earl of Northampton (3rd creation), 1399
Henry Bolingbroke
c. 1367 – 1413
3rd Earl of Northampton, later King Henry IV		Anne of Gloucester
1383–1438
Countess of Northampton
Earldom of Northampton (2nd creation) merged in the crown, 1399Earldom of Northampton (3rd creation) extinct, 1438
Earl of Huntingdon (7th creation), 1529
George Hastings
1488–1544
1st Earl of Huntingdon
Baron Hastings of Loughborough, 1558
Francis Hastings
1514–1561
2nd Earl of Huntingdon		Edward Hastings
c. 1521–1572
Baron Hastings of Loughborough
Barony Hastings of Loughborough extinct, 1572
Earl of Northampton, (4th creation), 1604Baron Compton, 1572
Henry Howard
1540–1614
Earl of Northampton		Henry Compton
1544–1589
1st Baron Compton		Frances Anne Hastings
1533–1574		Henry Hastings
1536–1595
3rd Earl of Huntingdon		George Hastings
1540–1604
4th Earl of Huntingdon		Edward Hastings
1541–1603
Earldom of Northampton (4th creation) extinct, 1614
Earl of Northampton (5th creation), 1618
William Compton
d. 1630
1st Earl of Northampton, 2nd Baron Compton		Francis Hastings
1560–1595		Henry
c. 1555–1640
Henry Hastings
1586–1643
5th Earl of Huntingdon
Spencer Compton
1601–1643
2nd Earl of Northampton, 3rd Baron Compton		Ferdinando Hastings
1609–1656
6th Earl of Huntingdon		Henry
b. 1605
James Compton
1622–1681
3rd Earl of Northampton, 4th Baron Compton		Theophilus Hastings
1650–1701
7th Earl of Huntingdon		Richard
1645–1714
Baron Wilmington, 1728
Earl of Wilmington and Viscount Pevensey, 1730
George Compton
1664–1727
4th Earl of Northampton, 5th Baron Compton		Spencer Compton
c. 1674 – 1743
Earl of Wilmington, Viscount Pevensey, Baron Wilmington		George Hastings
1677–1705
8th Earl of Huntingdon		Henry
1701–1786
Earldom of Wilmington, Vicountcy Pevensey, and Barony Wilmington extinct, 1743
James Compton
1687–1754
5th Earl of Northampton, 6th Baron Compton		George Compton
1692–1758
6th Earl of Northampton		Charles ComptonTheophilus Hastings
c. 1696–1746
9th Earl of Huntingdon
Charlotte Townshend
d. 1770
Viscountess Townshend, Baroness Ferrers of Chartley, 7th Baroness Compton		Charles Compton
1737–1763
7th Earl of Northampton		Francis Hastings
1729–1789
10th Earl of Huntingdon		Theophilus Hastings
1728–1804
11th Earl of Huntingdon de jure		George
1735–1802
Earldom of Huntingdon dormant/abeyant, 1804
George Townshend
1753–1811
Marquess Townshend, Earl of Leicester, Viscount Townshend, Baron Townshend, Baron Ferrers of Chartley, 8th Baron Compton		Spencer Compton
1760–1828
8th Earl of Northampton
Marquess of Northampton (2nd creation), Earl Compton and Baron Wilmington, 1812Earldom of Huntingdon claim restored, 1819
George Townshend
(1778–1885)
Marquess Townshend, Earl of Leicester, Viscount Townshend, Baron Townshend, Baron Ferrers of Chartley, 9th Baron Compton		Charles Compton
1760–1828
1st Marquess of Northampton, Earl Compton, and Baron Wilmington,
9th Earl of Northampton		Hans "Francis" Hastings
1779–1828
12th Earl of Huntingdon
Barony Compton abeyant, 1855
Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton
1790–1851
2nd Marquess of Northampton, Earl Compton, and Baron Wilmington,
10th Earl of Northampton
Charles Douglas-Compton
1816–1877
3rd Marquess of Northampton, Earl Compton, and Baron Wilmington,
11th Earl of Northampton		William Compton
1818–1897
4th Marquess of Northampton, Earl Compton, and Baron Wilmington,
12th Earl of Northampton		Francis Theophilus Henry Hastings
1808–1875
13th Earl of Huntingdon		George
1814–1876
Francis Power Plantagenet Hastings
1841–1885
14th Earl of Huntingdon
William George Spencer Scott Compton
1851–1913
5th Marquess of Northampton, Earl Compton, and Baron Wilmington,
13th Earl of Northampton		Warner Francis John Plantagenet Hastings
1868–1939
15th Earl of Huntingdon		Aubrey
1878–1929		Hans
1865–1933
William Bingham Compton
1885–1978
6th Marquess of Northampton, Earl Compton, and Baron Wilmington,
14th Earl of Northampton		Francis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet Hastings
1901–1990
16th Earl of Huntingdon		Peter Hastings-Bass
1920–1964		George
1905–1981
Spencer Douglas David Compton
b. 1946
7th Marquess of Northampton, Earl Compton, and Baron Wilmington,
15th Earl of Northampton		William Edward Robin Hood Hastings-Bass
b. 1948
17th Earl of Huntingdon		John Hastings-Bass
b. 1954		George
1938–2005
Heir presumptive to the Earldom of Huntingdon
Daniel Bingham Compton
b. 1973
styled Earl Compton		Adam
b. 1977
Heir apparent to the Marquessate of NorthamptonSecond Heir presumptive to the Earldom of Huntingdon

See also

References

  1. ^ "No. 6881". The London Gazette. 12 May 1730. p. 1.
  2. ^ "No. 6638". The London Gazette. 6 January 1727. p. 2.

External links

  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages – Peerages beginning with "W" (part 3)