Arthur Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough

Arthur Edward Joseph Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough OBE TD (30 June 1884 – 27 August 1927)[1] was a British peer.

Arthur Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough
Born30 June 1884
Died27 August 1927
OccupationAristocrat
Spouse(s)Alice Mary Eyre
Children2 sons, 1 daughter
Parent(s)Charles Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough
Mary Elizabeth Dease

Early life

Arthur Noel was the son of Charles Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough and his wife Mary Elizabeth Dease, (her sister was the writer Alice Dease), and a great-great-grandson of King William IV. He succeeded to the earldom on his father's death in 1926.

Career

In 1903 Viscount Campden was commissioned in the Territorial Army Reserve in the Gloucestershire Regiment[2] and fought in France in the First World War as a major. He was decorated with the Territorial Decoration (TD) and was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1919.[3] He was Private Chamberlain to Pope Benedict XV and Pope Pius XI.[4]

Gainsborough was a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Rutland.

Personal life and death

Gainsborough married Alice Mary Eyre on 10 November 1915. They had three children:[5]

Gainsborough died on 27 August 1927, aged 43 and was succeeded in the earldom and other titles by his elder son, Anthony.

Ancestry
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References
  1. "PEERAGE". Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  2. "No. 27566". The London Gazette. 19 June 1903. p. 3855.
  3. "No. 31377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1919. p. 6985.
  4. Debrett's Peerage 2000
  5. The Peerage, entry for 4th Earl of Gainsborough
  6. The peerage, entry for Peregrine Fellowes
  7. The Daily Telegraph, obituary of Gerard Noel, published 27 July 2016
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles William Francis Noel		 Earl of Gainsborough
1926–1927		 Succeeded by
Anthony Gerard Edward Noel
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