found:Lintcarius Londinensis. A letter to the Honourable Spencer Compton, Esq. [MI] 1720.
found:DNB(Compton, Spencer, Earl of Wilmington, 1673?-1743)
found:Enc. brit., 15th ed.(Compton, Spencer, Earl of Wilmington, 1673-1743)
found:Webster's biog. dict.(under Compton, Spence, 2nd Earl of Northampton, 1601-1643: His grandson Spencer Compton, 1673?-1743; Earl of Wilmington)
found:Oxford Dictionary of national biography, viewed May 14, 2024(Compton, Spencer, earl of Wilmington (c. 1674-1743), prime minister; In 1715 ... the Commons unanimously adopted him as speaker; On 8 January 1728 Compton was created a peer and took the title of Baron Wilmington in the county of Sussex; died on 2 July 1743 at his house in St James's Square, London)
notfound:Lippincott's pro. bio dict.;Cassell's;Enc. americana, 1985;Chambers enc.