GAINSBOROUGH. 3 II. 1689. 2. Wriotiiesley Baptist (Noel), Earl of Gains- borough, &c, only B. ami h.,by first wife; 6. before 1665; styled Viscount Campden, 1682-89 ; M.P. for Hants, 1685-S6 ; sue. to the peerage in 1689. He in. Katharine, da. of Fulke (Greville), 5th Baron Brooke, by Sarah, da. of Franois Dashwood. He d. B.p.m. 21 Sep. 1690.( il ) Will pr. April 1691. His widow to. (as his second wife) 12 March 1699, John (Sheffield) Duke of Buckingham, who d. 21 Feb. 1720/1, in Iris 73d year. She d. s.p., 7, and was bur. 11 Feb. 1703/4, in Westm. Abbey. III. 1G90. 3. Baptist (Noel), Earl of Gainsborough, &c, cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of the Hon. Baptist Noel, of Lufl'enhani, eo. Rutland, by Susanna, da. and h. of Sir Thomas Fanshawe, of Jenkins, in Barking, co. Essex, which Baptist, was br. (of the half blood) to Edward, 1st Earl of Gainsborough abovennmed, being s. of Baptist, 3d Viscount Campden, by bis 4th wife, Elizabeth, da. of Montagu (Bertib), 2d Earl of Lltobey. He was b. 16S4, and sue. Sep. 1691. his cousin abovcnamed in all his dignities, his succession t<> the Earldom of Gainsborough and Barony of Noel of Tichfield, being under the spec. clauBfc in the creation of those titles. He m. his first cousin, Dorothy, da. of John (Manners), 1st Duke of Rutland, by Catharine, da. of Baptist (Noel), 3d Viscount Campden, by his 4th wife both abovenamed. He d. of the small pox, 17 April 1714, in his 29th year. Admou. 12 May 1714. His widow who was 4. 13 Sep. 1681, d. 27 April 1739.(»>) Will pr. 1739. IV. 1714. 4- Baptist (Noel), Earl of Gainsborough, &c, 1st s. and h., b. 1708 ; styled Viscount Campden till he sue. to the peerage, 17 April 1714. He m., in 1739, Elizabeth, da. of William Chapman. He (/. 21 March and was bur. 18 April 1751, at Exton afsd.( c ) Will pr. 1751. His widow m. Thomas Noel, of Walcot, co. Northampton, who d. s.p. IS June 1788, and was bur. at Exton. She d. at Exton 13 Dee. 1771, and was bur. there 8 Jan. 1772. V. 1751. 5. Baptist (Noel), Earl of Gainsborough, &c, 1>. 8 June aud bap. 12 July 1740, at Greenwich; styled Viscount Campden till he sue. to the peerage, 21 March 1751. He d. unm. 27 May 1759, at Geneva, and was bur. there. Will pr. 1759. VI. 1759, G. Henry (Noel), Earl of Gainsborough [1682], to Viscount Campden [1628], Baron Noel of Ridlinqton [1617], 1798. Baron Hicks of Iimington [1628], and Baron Noel of Tichfield [16S1], also a Baronet [1611], br. and h., b. 1743 ; ed. at Eton and at King's Coll., Cambridge; M.A., 1761 : sue. to the peerage, 27 May 1759. and took his sent 4 Feb. 1765. He d. unm., 8 April 1798, and was bur. at Exton, when all his honours became extinct. Will dat. 27 July 1795, pr. 1798. VII. 1841. 1. Charles Noel (Noel), Baron Barham of Barham Court and Teston, co. Kent, s. and h. of Diana, suojurc Baroness Barham, by Sir Gerald-Noel Noel, Bart., foimerly G. N. Edwardes.C 1 ) of Exton, co. ( n ) He left two daughters and coheirs (1) Elizabeth, who m. 9 June 1704, Henry (Etntinck), 1st Duke of Portland, and (2) Rachel, who m. (as second wife), Feb. 1705/6, Heury (Somerset), 2d Duke of Beaufort. ( b ) Her death in the SOth year of age " is stated to have occurred on 20 Jan. 1721/2 in the Hist. Rey. for 1722. This would make her old enough to have been grandmother of her husband. (•) His character as in his funeral sermon, by the Rev. John Skinner, is given in " Collins," edit. 1779, vol. iv, pp. 51-52. It appears there as quite perfect, being also in no ways belied by his actions inasmuch as they, apparently, were nil. ( d ) The father of this Gerard-Noel Edwardes (afterwards Sir G. N. Noel, Bart.), was Gerard Anne Edwardes, of Welham, co. Leicester, an illegit. sou of Lord Anne Hamilton, by Mary Edwardes, spinster, da. and h. of Francis Edwardes, of Welham nfsd. He accordingly inherited the Welham estate from his mother, and, having mi. B 2 iV
