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Prime Time: Prime Ministers

2. Lord Wilmington

An episode for examining Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, the favourite nonentity of George II; and for connected purposes.


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(With thanks to Totalus Rankium for the use of ‘Sweet and Honourable’)

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