Charles George Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough (5 September 1818 – 13 August 1881), styled Viscount Campden between 1841 and 1866, was a British peer and Whig politician.

Background

Gainsborough was the only child of Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough, by his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of

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. His mother died two weeks after he was born. He was the half-brother of Gerard Noel. He was educated privately and at

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Career

Gainsborough succeeded his uncle William Noel as Member of Parliament for

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in 1840, but only held the seat until the following year. He then served a year as

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for 1848. In 1866 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the

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. The following year he was appointed

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, which he remained until his death. He was a lieutenant colonel in the Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry from 1879–81, recorded as captain on 12 August 1850. He and his wife embraced Roman Catholicism on New Year's Day in 1850.

Family

Lord Gainsborough married Lady Ida Harriet Augusta, daughter of

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and Elizabeth FitzClarence, illegitimate daughter of

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, in 1841. The family home was at

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. They had five children: * Lady Blanche (25 March 1845 – 21 March 1881), who married Thomas Murphy ** The "Lady Blanche House" is commemorated by New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 109 in

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* Lady Constance (19 October 1847 – 8 April 1891), who married

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* Charles, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough (20 October 1850 – 17 April 1926), had issue * Edward (28 April 1852 – 9 November 1917), who married Ruth Lucas * Lady Edith (1849 - 22 August 1890), who became a nun Lady Gainsborough died in October 1867. Lord Gainsborough remained a widower until his death in August 1881, aged 62. He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son,

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. His grandsons included Edward Noel and John Baptist Lucius Noel.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gainsborough, Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of 1818 births 1881 deaths 2 High sheriffs of Rutland Lord-lieutenants of Rutland Noel, Charles UK MPs who inherited peerages Noel, Charles Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Converts to Roman Catholicism from Anglicanism

Leicestershire Yeomanry officers