Anthony Baptist Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough (born 17 January 1950), ''styled'' as

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between 1950 and 2009, is a British peer.

Early life

Lord Gainsborough was born on 17 January 1950. He was the eldest son of eight children born to the former Mary Stourton and Anthony Noel, 5th Earl of Gainsborough. Among his siblings are Lady Juliana (who married

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).Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Vol. II, p. 1503. His maternal grandfather was Maj. John Joseph Stourton (son of Charles Stourton, 24th Baron Mowbray). His paternal grandparents were Arthur Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough and the former Alice Mary Eyre. His uncle, Gerard Eyre Wriothesley Noel, was a former editor of ''

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''. He was educated at

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before attending the

Royal Agricultural University ;(from Virgil's Georgics)"Caring for the Fieldsand the Beasts" , established = 2013 - University status – College , type = public university, Public , president = Charles III, King Charles , vice_chancellor = P ...

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Career

Upon his father's death in 2009, he became the 6th

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and inherited

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on the western edge of the village of

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. His father had been the largest landowner in Rutland and had fought to prevent its absorption by neighbouring

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, and was eventually vindicated when the 1974 takeover was reversed with the return of

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in 1997.

Personal life

On 23 May 1972, he was married to Sarah Rose Winnington

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DL (b. 1951), who later became a

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. A sister of

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, Sarah is the eldest surviving daughter of Col. Thomas Foley Churchill Winnington (second son of Francis Salway Winnington and the former Blanche Emma Casberd-Boteler). Her great-grandparents were

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and Jane Spencer-Churchill (eldest daughter of Lt.-Col.

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, the second son of

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). Together, they are the parents of: * Henry "Harry" Robert Anthony Noel, ''styled''

(b. 1977), who married Zara van Cutsem (b. 1978), a daughter of Geoffrey Neil van Cutsem and the former Sally McCorquodale. In 2003, he resided at

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in London.

Descendants

Through his only son Harry, he is a grandfather of three: Edward Noel (b. 2007), Violet Ruth Noel (b. 2009), and William Henry Noel (b. 2015).

References

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