Peerage Record – 3406

     Major Hon. Charles Hubert Francis Noel was born on 22 October 1885.¹ He was the son of Charles William Francis Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough and Mary Elizabeth Dease.¹ He married May Dick, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Archibald Campbell Douglas Dick, on 31 May 1912.¹ He died on 26 April 1947 at age 61.¹
     He gained the rank of Temporary Major and Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General in 1919.¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1919.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Coldstream Guards.¹ He fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1942.¹ He gained the rank of Captain and Temporary Major in the Royal Engineers.¹

     Captain Hon. Robert Edmund Thomas More Noel was born on 10 April 1888.¹ He was the son of Charles William Francis Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough and Mary Elizabeth Dease.¹ He died on 2 February 1918 at age 29 at Massassi, Tanzania^G, died on active service.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the 6th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, attached to the Nigeria Regiment.¹

     Lady Clare Mary Charlotte Noel was the daughter of Charles William Francis Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough and Mary Elizabeth Dease.¹ She married Charles Mervyn King, son of Mervyn Kersteman King and Agnes Bright, on 2 October 1907.¹ She died on 11 March 1962.¹
     Her married name became King.

     Alice Mary Eyre was born on 17 October 1886 at Lima, Peru^G. She was the daughter of Edward Eyre.¹ She married Arthur Edward Joseph Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough, son of Charles William Francis Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough and Mary Elizabeth Dease, on 10 November 1915 at London, England^G.¹ She died on 11 June 1970 at age 83.¹
     Her married name became Noel. After her marriage, Alice Mary Eyre was styled as Countess of Gainsborough on 17 April 1926.

     Edward Eyre lived at Gloucester House, Park Lane, Mayfair, London, England^G.¹

     Anthony Gerard Edward Noel, 5th Earl of Gainsborough was born on 24 October 1923.¹ He was the son of Arthur Edward Joseph Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough and Alice Mary Eyre.¹ He married Mary Stourton, daughter of Major Hon. John Joseph Stourton and Kathleen Alice Gunther, on 23 July 1947.¹ He died on 29 December 2009 at age 86.²
     He succeeded as the 7th Baron Barham, of Barham Court and Teston, Kent [U.K., 1805] on 27 August 1927.³ He succeeded as the 7th Baronet Middleton, of Barham Court and Teston, Kent [G.B., 1781] on 27 August 1927.³ He succeeded as the 5th Earl of Gainsborough, co. Lincoln [U.K., 1841] on 27 August 1927.³ He succeeded as the 5th Viscount Campden of Campden, co. Gloucester [U.K., 1841] on 27 August 1927.³ He succeeded as the 5th Baron Noel of Ridlington, co. Rutland [U.K., 1841] on 27 August 1927.³ He was educated at Worth School, Turners Hill, Sussex, England^G.¹ He was educated at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.^G.¹ He was chairman of Oakham Rural District Council between 1952 and 1967.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Rutland between 1957 and 1974.¹ He was awarded the Bailiff Grand Cross, Sovereign Military Order of Malta.¹ He was appointed Knight, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (K.St.J.) in 1970.¹ He was chairman of Rutland County Council between 1970 and 1973.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Leicestershire in 1974.¹ He lived in 2003 at Horn House, Exton, Leicestershire, England^G.¹

     Hon. Gerard Eyre Wriothesley Noel was born on 20 November 1926.¹ He was the son of Arthur Edward Joseph Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough and Alice Mary Eyre.¹ He married Adèle Julie Patricia Were, daughter of Major Vivian Nicholas Bonville Were, on 1 February 1958.¹ He died on 27 July 2016 at age 89.²
     He was educated at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.^G.¹ He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1952 entitled to practise as a barrister.¹ He wrote the book Paul VI, published 1963.¹ He wrote the book Goldwater, published 1964 (ASIN: B0000CMFG5.)¹ He wrote the book Harold Wilson and the New Britain, published 1964 (ASIN: B0006DCAFY.)¹ He wrote the book The Path from Rome, published 1968.¹ He was editor of the Catholic Herald between 1971 and 1981.¹ He wrote the book Princess Alice, published 1974.¹ He wrote the book The Great Lockout of 1926, published 1976.¹ He wrote the book Ena: Spain’s English Queen, published 1984 (ASIN: 009464070X.)¹ He lived in 2003 at Westington Mill, Campden, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹

     Lady Maureen Thérèse Josephine Noel was born on 7 March 1917.¹ She was the daughter of Arthur Edward Joseph Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough and Alice Mary Eyre.¹ She married, firstly, Charles Walter James Dormer, 15th Baron Dormer of Wyng, son of Charles Joseph Thaddeus Dormer, 14th Baron Dormer of Wyng and Caroline May Clifford, on 19 February 1944.¹ She married, secondly, Peregrine Edward Launcelot Fellowes, son of Henry Shirley Morant Fellowes and Georgiana Maria Hulton Wrightson, on 22 July 1982.¹ She died on 25 November 2009 at age 92.²
     From 19 February 1944, her married name became Dormer. After her marriage, Lady Maureen Thérèse Josephine Noel was styled as Baroness Dormer of Wyng on 19 February 1944. From 22 July 1982, her married name became Fellowes. She lived in 2003 at The Court, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹

     Charles Walter James Dormer, 15th Baron Dormer of Wyng was born on 20 December 1903 at Valetta, Malta^G.¹ He was the son of Charles Joseph Thaddeus Dormer, 14th Baron Dormer of Wyng and Caroline May Clifford.¹ He married Lady Maureen Thérèse Josephine Noel, daughter of Arthur Edward Joseph Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough and Alice Mary Eyre, on 19 February 1944.³ He died on 27 August 1975 at age 71.³
     He was educated at Oratory School, South Kensington, London, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 15th Baron Dormer of Wyng, co. Buckingham [E., 1615] on 4 May 1922.¹ He succeeded as the 15th Baronet Dormer, of Wyng, co. Buckingham [E., 1615] on 4 May 1922.¹ He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of New Zealand between 1939 and 1941.¹ He was awarded the Knight of Honour and Devotion, Sovereign Military Order of Malta.¹

     Hon. Jane Maureen Thérèse Dormer was born on 20 November 1945.¹ She is the daughter of Charles Walter James Dormer, 15th Baron Dormer of Wyng and Lady Maureen Thérèse Josephine Noel.¹ She married, firstly, Henry Alistair Samuel Sandbach, son of Commander Ralph Maxwell Sandbach, on 21 July 1966.¹ She and Henry Alistair Samuel Sandbach were divorced. She married, secondly, S/Ldr. Geoffrey E. Meek in 1980.¹ She married, thirdly, Lt.-Cdr. Robert Nigel Forbes Glennie in 1988.¹
     From 21 July 1966, her married name became Sandbach. From 1980, her married name became Meek. From 1988, her married name became Glennie. She lived in 2003 at The Court, Calf Lane, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹