Facts: - party: whig - monarch: george ii george ii - predecessor: robert walpole lord trevor - birth date: ca 1673 - caption: wilmington , ca. 1710 . - death date: 2 july 1743 - spouse: never married - office: prime council minister of great britain lord president of the - term end: 2 july 1743 13 february 1742 - name: the earl of wilmington - death place: st james 's , middlesex , england - birth place: compton wynyates , warwickshire , england - signature: earl of wilmington signature.svg - successor: henry pelham the earl of harrington - primeminister: sir robert walpole - alma mater: trinity college , oxford - term start: 16 february 1742 31 december 1730 - image: spencer compton 1st earl of wilmington.jpg - religion: church of england Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of spencer compton , 1st earl of wilmington .
spencer compton , 1st earl of wilmington kg , kb , pc -lrb- ca 1673 -- 2 july 1743 -rrb- was a british whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death .he served as the prime minister from 1742 until his death in 1743 .he is considered to have been britain 's second prime minister , after sir robert walpole .