Earl of Gainsborough
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and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. The first creation ended in extinction when the sixth Earl died without heirs. However, the title was revived in 1841 for a female-line relative.
1682 creation
Baptist HicksBaptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden
Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1628 when he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Campden....
was a wealthy textile merchant in London
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and also represented Tavistock
Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency)
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and Tewkesbury
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in the House of Commons
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. In 1627 he was created a Baronet, of Campden in the County of Gloucester, with remainder to heirs male of his body. One year later Hicks was raised to the peerage as Baron Hicks, of Ilmington in the County of Warwick, and Viscount Campden, of Campden in the County of Gloucester, with remainder to his son-in-law Edward Noel, husband of his daughter Juliana. On Lord Campden's death the baronetcy became extinct while he was succeeded in the barony and viscountcy according to the special remainder by his son-in-law, the second Viscount. He had earlier represented Rutland
Rutland (UK Parliament constituency)
Rutland was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Rutland. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire...
in Parliament, and in 1617, twelve years prior to succeeding his father-in-law, he had himself been raised to the peerage as Baron Noel of Ridlington after being raised to a baronetcy as Baronet, of Brook, in the county of Rutland in 1611. His son, the third Viscount, also sat as a knight of the shire for Rutland in 1640.
On his death the titles passed to his son, the fourth Viscount. He represented Rutland and Hampshire
Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Hampshire was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832...
and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
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and of Rutland
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. In 1681, one year before succeeding his father, he was created Baron Noel of Titchfield. The following year, one month after his father's death, he was further honoured when he was made Earl of Gainsborough. Both titles were created with remainder, failing male issue of his own, to the male issue of his father. Lord Gainsborough's son, the second Earl, sat briefly as a Member of Parliament
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for Hampshire
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. On his death the line of the first Earl failed. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his cousin, the third Earl. He was the son of Hon. Baptist Noel
Baptist Noel (MP)
Baptist Noel was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Rutland.He was the second surviving son of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden and Elizabeth Bertie. He succeeded his half-brother Henry in 1677....
, the son of the third Viscount Campden from his fourth marriage and half-brother of the first Earl of Gainsborough. All titles became extinct on the death of his grandson, the sixth Earl, in 1798.
Another member of the Hicks family was Sir Michael Hicks (1543–1612), elder brother of the first Viscount Campden. He was the ancestor of the Hicks Baronets of Beverston and of the Earls St Aldwyn
Earl St Aldwyn
Earl St Aldwyn, of Coln St Aldwyn in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1915 for the prominent Conservative politician Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Viscount St Aldwyn, known from 1854 to 1907 Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet, of Beverston....
.
1841 creation
Charles MiddletonCharles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham
Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham PC was a British naval officer and politician.He was born at Leith, Midlothian to Robert Middleton, a customs collector of Bo'ness, Linlithgowshire, and Helen, daughter of Charles Dundas.-Naval career:Middleton entered the Royal Navy in 1741 as captain's...
was an Admiral in the Royal Navy
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and also served as First Lord of the Admiralty. In 1781 he was created a Baronet, of the Navy, with remainder to his son-in-law Gerard Edwardes
Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet
Sir Gerard Noel Noel, 2nd Baronet , of Welham Grove in Leicestershire and Exton Park in Rutland, known as Gerard Edwardes until 1798, was an English Member of Parliament.-Background:...
(who assumed the surname of Noel by Royal license in 1798) and in 1805 he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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as Baron Barham, of Barham Court and of Teston in the County of Kent, with remainder to his daughter Diana, wife of the aforementioned Gerard Edwardes. Lord Barham was succeeded firstly in the baronetcy according to the special remainder by his son-in-law, the second Baronet. He was the son of Gerard Anne Edwardes (died 1813) and his wife Lady Jane Noel, daughter of Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough and sister of Henry Noel, 6th and last Earl of Gainsborough (see above). Gerard Anne Edwardes was the illegitimate son of Lord Anne Hamilton, younger son of James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton. Sir Gerard Noel sat in the House of Commons
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for nearly fifty years, representing Maidstone
Maidstone (UK Parliament constituency)
Maidstone was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The parliamentary borough of Maidstone returned two Members of Parliament from 1552 until 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member...
and Rutland
Rutland (UK Parliament constituency)
Rutland was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Rutland. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire...
.
Lord Barham was succeeded secondly in the barony according to the special remainder by his daughter Diana, the second Baroness. Both she and her husband were succeeded by their son, the third Baron and third Baronet. He represented Rutland
Rutland (UK Parliament constituency)
Rutland was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Rutland. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire...
in Parliament. In 1841 the titles held by his father's ancestors was revived when he was created Baron Noel, of Ridlington in the County of Rutland, Viscount Campden, of Campden in the County of Gloucester, and Earl of Gainsborough, in the County of Lincoln. His son, the second Earl, briefly represented Rutland
Rutland (UK Parliament constituency)
Rutland was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Rutland. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire...
in Parliament and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland. The post was abolished on 31 March 1974, with the area coming under the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, but revived in 1997...
. The present holder of the titles is his great-great-grandson, the sixth Earl (the titles having descended from father to son).
William Noel
William Noel
-Background:Noel was the third son of Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet, and Diana, Baroness Barham, daughter of Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham. Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough, was his elder brother.-Political career:...
, third son of the second Baronet, was Member of Parliament for Rutland. The Hon. Gerard Noel, second son of the first Earl, was a Conservative
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politician.
The family seat is Exton Hall
Exton Hall
Exton Hall is an English country house on the western edge of the village of Exton, Rutland, England.It was the family seat of the family of Sir James Harington and later the Noel family, Earls of Gainsborough for almost four hundred years...
, Exton
Exton, Rutland
Exton is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.The village includes a tree-planted green overlooked by the Fox & Hounds pub....
, Rutland
Rutland
Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
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Viscounts Campden (1628)
- Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount CampdenBaptist Hicks, 1st Viscount CampdenBaptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1628 when he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Campden....
(1551–1629) - Edward Noel, 2nd Viscount Campden (d. 1643)
- Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount CampdenBaptist Noel, 3rd Viscount CampdenSir Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden was an English politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Rutland, Custos Rotulorum of Rutland and the Member of Parliament for Rutland....
(1612–1682) - Edward Noel, 4th Viscount CampdenEdward Noel, 1st Earl of GainsboroughEdward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough was a British peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. Edward Noel from 1660 to 1681....
(1641–1689) (created Earl of Gainsborough in 1682)
Earls of Gainsborough, First Creation (1682)
- Edward Noel, 1st Earl of GainsboroughEdward Noel, 1st Earl of GainsboroughEdward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough was a British peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. Edward Noel from 1660 to 1681....
(1641–1689) - Wriothesley Baptist Noel, 2nd Earl of GainsboroughWriothesley Noel, 2nd Earl of GainsboroughWriothesley Baptist Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough was an English peer and Member of Parliament, styled Viscount Campden from 1683 to 1689....
(d. 1690) - Baptist Noel, 3rd Earl of GainsboroughBaptist Noel, 3rd Earl of GainsboroughBaptist Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough was an English peer and Member of Parliament.He was the son of Baptist Noel and cousin of Wriothesley Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough, from whom he inherited the earldom in 1690....
(1684–1714) - Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of GainsboroughBaptist Noel, 4th Earl of GainsboroughBaptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough was an English peer and Member of Parliament, styled Viscount Campden until 1714.He was the son of Baptist Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough and inherited the earldom in1714...
(1708–1751) - Baptist Noel, 5th Earl of GainsboroughBaptist Noel, 5th Earl of GainsboroughBaptist Noel, 5th Earl of Gainsborough was an English peer and Member of Parliament.He inherited the earldom from Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough and was succeeded by his brother Henry Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough. He died aged eighteen, without issue.-References:...
(1740–1759) - Henry Noel, 6th Earl of GainsboroughHenry Noel, 6th Earl of GainsboroughHenry Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough was an English peer.He inherited the earldom in 1759, on the death of his brother, Baptist Noel, 5th Earl of Gainsborough. He was the son of Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough....
(1743–1798)
Middleton and Noel Baronets, of the Navy (1781)
- Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, 1st BaronetCharles Middleton, 1st Baron BarhamAdmiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham PC was a British naval officer and politician.He was born at Leith, Midlothian to Robert Middleton, a customs collector of Bo'ness, Linlithgowshire, and Helen, daughter of Charles Dundas.-Naval career:Middleton entered the Royal Navy in 1741 as captain's...
(1726–1813) - Sir Gerard Noel Noel, 2nd BaronetSir Gerard Noel, 2nd BaronetSir Gerard Noel Noel, 2nd Baronet , of Welham Grove in Leicestershire and Exton Park in Rutland, known as Gerard Edwardes until 1798, was an English Member of Parliament.-Background:...
(1759–1838) - Charles Noel, 3rd Baron Barham. 3rd BaronetCharles Noel, 1st Earl of GainsboroughCharles Noel Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough , known as Charles Edwardes until 1798, as Charles Noel between 1798 and 1823 and as the Lord Barham between 1823 and 1841, was a British peer and Whig politician....
(1781–1866) (had already succeeded as Baron Barham in 1823)
Barons Barham (1805)
- Charles Middleton, 1st Baron BarhamCharles Middleton, 1st Baron BarhamAdmiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham PC was a British naval officer and politician.He was born at Leith, Midlothian to Robert Middleton, a customs collector of Bo'ness, Linlithgowshire, and Helen, daughter of Charles Dundas.-Naval career:Middleton entered the Royal Navy in 1741 as captain's...
(1726–1813) - Diana Noel, 2nd Baroness Barham (1762–1823)
- Charles Noel, 3rd Baron BarhamCharles Noel, 1st Earl of GainsboroughCharles Noel Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough , known as Charles Edwardes until 1798, as Charles Noel between 1798 and 1823 and as the Lord Barham between 1823 and 1841, was a British peer and Whig politician....
(1781–1866) (created Earl of Gainsborough in 1841)
Earls of Gainsborough, Second Creation (1841)
- Charles Noel, 1st Earl of GainsboroughCharles Noel, 1st Earl of GainsboroughCharles Noel Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough , known as Charles Edwardes until 1798, as Charles Noel between 1798 and 1823 and as the Lord Barham between 1823 and 1841, was a British peer and Whig politician....
(1781–1866) - Charles George Noel, 2nd Earl of GainsboroughCharles Noel, 2nd Earl of GainsboroughCharles George Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough , styled Viscount Campden between 1841 and 1866, was a British peer and Whig politician.-Background:...
(1818–1881) - Charles William Francis Noel, 3rd Earl of GainsboroughCharles Noel, 3rd Earl of GainsboroughCharles William Francis Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough was a British peer and Member of Parliament.He succeeded his father, Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough, to the earldom in 1881. He was succeeded by his son, Arthur Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough....
(1850–1926) - Arthur Edward Joseph Noel, 4th Earl of GainsboroughArthur Noel, 4th Earl of GainsboroughArthur Edward Joseph Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough OBE TD was a British peer.He was Private Chamberlain to Pope Benedict XV and Pope Pius XI....
(1884–1927) - Anthony Gerard Edward Noel, 5th Earl of Gainsborough (1923–2009)
- Anthony Baptist Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough (b. 1950)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is the present holder's son Henry Robert Anthony Noel, Viscount Campden (b. 1977).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, the Hon. Edward Patrick Anthony Noel (b. 2007).
External links
- 5th Earl of Gainsborough - Daily Telegraph obituary