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Arthur Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough

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Arthur Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough
Born(1884-06-30)30 June 1884
Died27 August 1927(1927-08-27) (aged 43)
OccupationAristocrat
SpouseAlice Mary Eyre
Children2 sons, 1 daughter
Parent(s)Charles Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough
Mary Elizabeth Dease

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

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "PEERAGE". Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl of Gainsborough
1926–1927
Succeeded by