Biography of Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough 1781-1866

In 1780 [his father] Gerard Edwardes aka Noel 2nd Baronet [aged 20] and [his mother] Diana Middleton 2nd Baroness Barham [aged 17] were married.

On 2nd October 1781 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough was born to [his father] Gerard Edwardes aka Noel 2nd Baronet [aged 22] and [his mother] Diana Middleton 2nd Baroness Barham [aged 19].

In 1809 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 27] and Elizabeth Welman were married.

On 17th July 1813 [his grandfather] Admiral Charles Middleton 1st Baron Barham [aged 86] died. His daughter [his mother] Diana [aged 50] succeeded 2nd Baroness Barham.

In 1817 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 35] and Elizabeth Grey [aged 17] were married.

In 1818 [his wife] Elizabeth Grey [aged 18] died in childbirth.

On 5th September 1818 [his son] Charles George Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough was born to Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 36] and [his former wife] Elizabeth Grey. He married 1841 Ida Harriet Augusta Hay Countess Gainsborough, daughter of William Hay 18th Earl Erroll and Elizabeth Fitz-Clarence Countess Erroll, and had issue.

In 1820 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 38] and Arabella Hamlyn-Williams were married.

On 12th April 1823 [his mother] Diana Middleton 2nd Baroness Barham [aged 60] died. Her son Charles [aged 41] succeeded 3rd Baron Barham.

On 28th August 1823 [his son] Gerard Noel was born to Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 41] and [his wife] Arabella Hamlyn-Williams. He married 30th June 1863 Augusta Mary Lowther and had issue.

In 1824 [his son] Henry Lewis Noel was born to Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 42] and [his wife] Arabella Hamlyn-Williams.

On 29th September 1829 [his daughter] Catherine Hamilton Noel was born to Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 47] and [his wife] Arabella Hamlyn-Williams. She married 19th June 1849 James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk, son of James Carnegie 5th Baronet, and had issue.

On 4th October 1829 [his wife] Arabella Hamlyn-Williams died from childbirth shortly after the birth of her fourth child [his daughter] Catherine Hamilton Noel.

On 25th July 1833 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 51] and Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough [aged 18] were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of Robert Jocelyn 3rd Earl Roden [aged 44] and Maria Frances Catherine Stapleton Countess Roden.

On 27th August 1834 [his son] Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel was born to Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 52] and [his wife] Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough [aged 19].

On 25th February 1838 [his father] Gerard Edwardes aka Noel 2nd Baronet [aged 78] died.

On 1st July 1839 [his daughter] Victoria Noel Lady Buxton was born to Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 57] and [his wife] Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough [aged 24]. She married 21st June 1862 Thomas Fowell Buxton 3rd Baronet, son of Edward North Buxton 2nd Baronet and Catherine Gurney Lady Buxton, and had issue.

In 1841 Charles George Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough [aged 22] and Ida Harriet Augusta Hay Countess Gainsborough [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of William Hay 18th Earl Erroll [aged 39] and Elizabeth Fitz-Clarence Countess Erroll [aged 39]. He the son of Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 59] and Elizabeth Grey.

On 16th August 1841 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 59] was created 1st Earl Gainsborough. [his wife] Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough [aged 26] by marriage Countess Gainsborough.

On 20th August 1846 [his son-in-law] Andrew Agnew 8th Baronet [aged 28] and Mary Arabella Louisa Noel were married. She the daughter of Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 64] and Arabella Hamlyn-Williams.

On 19th June 1849 [his son-in-law] James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 21] and Catherine Hamilton Noel [aged 19] were married at Exton, Rutlandshire. She the daughter of Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 67] and Arabella Hamlyn-Williams. He the son of James Carnegie 5th Baronet.

On 31st July 1851 [his brother-in-law] John Strange Jocelyn 5th Earl Roden [aged 28] and Sophia Hobhouse Countess Roden were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Robert Jocelyn 3rd Earl Roden [aged 62] and [his mother-in-law] Maria Frances Catherine Stapleton Countess Roden.

On 9th March 1855 [his daughter] Catherine Hamilton Noel [aged 25] died.

On 21st June 1862 [his son-in-law] Thomas Fowell Buxton 3rd Baronet [aged 25] and Victoria Noel Lady Buxton [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Lady Buxton of Belfield in Dorset. She the daughter of Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 80] and Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough [aged 47].

On 30th June 1863 Gerard Noel [aged 39] and Augusta Mary Lowther were married. He the son of Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 81] and Arabella Hamlyn-Williams.

On 10th June 1866 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 84] died. His son Charles [aged 47] succeeded 2nd Earl Gainsborough, 4th Baron Barham. Ida Harriet Augusta Hay Countess Gainsborough [aged 44] by marriage Countess Gainsborough.

In December 1881 [his former wife] Elizabeth Welman died.

On 12th May 1885 [his former wife] Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough [aged 70] died.

Memorial at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Exton, Rutlandshire [Map].

Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough: On 20th November 1814 she was born to Robert Jocelyn 3rd Earl Roden and Maria Frances Catherine Stapleton Countess Roden. On 25th July 1833 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough and she were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of Robert Jocelyn 3rd Earl Roden and Maria Frances Catherine Stapleton Countess Roden. On 16th August 1841 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough was created 1st Earl Gainsborough. She by marriage Countess Gainsborough.

[his daughter] Mary Arabella Louisa Noel was born to Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough and Arabella Hamlyn-Williams. She married 20th August 1846 Andrew Agnew 8th Baronet, son of Andrew Agnew 7th Baronet, and had issue.