Anthony Noel, 5th Earl of Gainsborough

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The Earl of Gainsborough
Viscount Campden (1926-27)
BornAnthony Gerard Edward Noel
(1923-10-24)24 October 1923
Died29 December 2009(2009-12-29) (aged 86)
NationalityBritish
Residence Exton Hall
Spouse(s)
Mary Stourton
(m. 1947)
Issue
Parents Arthur Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough
Alice Mary Eyre

Anthony Gerard Edward Noel, 5th Earl of Gainsborough KStJ (24 October 1923 – 29 December 2009) was a British peer.

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Biography

Lord Gainsborough succeeded his father, Arthur Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough, in the earldom in 1927. He attended Worth Priory in Sussex. When World War II started, he was on his way to the United States so he attended the Jesuit-run Georgetown Preparatory School, then located in Washington DC. Returning to Britain in 1943 he was declared unfit for military service. When he was 30, the estate was free from debt and he moved back into Exton Hall.

Career

Gainsborough worked for Vickers Supermarine in Southampton. [1]

Gainsborough served as chairman of Oakham Rural District Council, 1952-67 before becoming vice-chairman and then chairman of Rutland County Council, 1970–73. As president of the Rural District Councils Association in 1965, he played a prominent role in opposing the Redcliffe-Maud Report's proposals for reorganising local councils which were implemented under the Local Government Act 1972.

Gainsborough was Master of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners (1967); President, British Association, Sovereign Military Order of Malta (1968–74); Knight of the Venerable Order of St John (1970); Chairman of the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth from 1970 to 1980, and President of the Hospital from then until his death.

Personal life and death

Gainsborough married Mary Stourton (24 September 1925 – 30 December 2018) [2] at the Brompton Oratory on 23 July 1947. Mary was a daughter of Major John Joseph Stourton and granddaughter of Charles Stourton, 21st Baron Stourton, 25th Baron Segrave and 24th Baron Mowbray. They had eight children together: [3]

Gainsborough died in 2009 and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son Anthony.

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References

  1. "Obituary: The Earl of Gainsborough". The Daily Telegraph . 23 February 2010.
  2. Gainsborough
  3. The peerage, entry for 5th Earl of Gainsborough
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl of Gainsborough
1927–2009
Succeeded by