Peerage Record – 4641

     Sir Charles Tilston Bright was born on 8 June 1832 at Wanstead, Essex, England.⁴ He was the son of Brailsford Bright and Emma Charlotte Tilston.⁴ He married Hannah Barrick Taylor, daughter of John Taylor, in 1853.⁴ He died on 3 May 1888 at age 55 at Abbey Wood, Kent, England.⁴
     He was appointed Knight in 1858.⁴ He was chief engineer of the Magnetic Telegraph Company in 1860.⁴ He was registered as a Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (M.I.C.E.) in 1862.⁴ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Greenwich between 1865 and 1868.⁴ He was president of the SOciety of Telegraph Engineers and Electricians between 1886 and 1887.⁴

     Mary Stourton was born on 24 September 1925.² She was the daughter of Major Hon. John Joseph Stourton and Kathleen Alice Gunther.^1,2 She married Anthony Gerard Edward Noel, 5th Earl of Gainsborough, son of Arthur Edward Joseph Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough and Alice Mary Eyre, on 23 July 1947.¹ She died on 30 December 2018 at age 93.³
     From 23 July 1947, her married name became Noel. After her marriage, Mary Stourton was styled as Countess of Gainsborough on 23 July 1947.

     Major Hon. John Joseph Stourton was born on 5 March 1899.² He was the son of Charles Botolph Joseph Stourton, 25th Baron Segrave and Mary Constable.² He married, firstly, Kathleen Alice Gunther, daughter of Robert Louis George Gunther and Alice Augusta Donner, on 18 December 1923.² He and Kathleen Alice Gunther were divorced in 1933.² He married, secondly, Gladys Leila Waldron, daughter of Sir William James Waldron, on 14 May 1934.² He and Gladys Leila Waldron were divorced in 1947.² He died on 2 February 1992 at age 92 at Eastbourne, Sussex, England.^2,3
     He was educated at Downside School, Bath, Somerset, England.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 10th Royal Hussars.² He fought in the Russian Civil War in 1919.² He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.)² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for South Salford between 1931 and 1945.² He gained the rank of Major in the 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment (TA.)² He fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1943.²

     Kathleen Alice Gunther was born in 1900.² She was the daughter of Robert Louis George Gunther and Alice Augusta Donner.^1,2 She married Major Hon. John Joseph Stourton, son of Charles Botolph Joseph Stourton, 25th Baron Segrave and Mary Constable, on 18 December 1923.¹ She and Major Hon. John Joseph Stourton were divorced in 1933.¹ She died in 1986.²
     Her married name became Stourton.

     Sally Mabel Henley Eden was born on 4 October 1932.¹ She is the daughter of Major George Henley Eden and Avril Edith Simmons.¹ She married, firstly, Johann Leusink, son of Johan Gerard Leusink, on 30 April 1964.¹ She married, secondly, Sir Malby Sturges Crofton, 5th Bt., son of Sir Malby Richard Henry Crofton, 4th Bt. and Katharine Beatrix Pollard, in 1998.²
     From 30 April 1964, her married name became Leusink.¹ From 1998, her married name became Crofton.² She lived in 2003 at Longford House, County Sligo, Ireland^G.²

     Gladys Leila Waldron was the daughter of Sir William James Waldron.¹ She married, firstly, Major Hon. John Joseph Stourton, son of Charles Botolph Joseph Stourton, 25th Baron Segrave and Mary Constable, on 14 May 1934.¹ She and Major Hon. John Joseph Stourton were divorced in 1947.¹ She married, secondly, Victor Echevarri Waldron, son of Ernest Echevarri and Esther Otter, on 23 April 1947.² She died on 3 June 1953.¹
     Her married name became Stourton.

     Charles Botolph Joseph Stourton, 25th Baron Segrave was born on 23 May 1867.² He was the son of Alfred Joseph Stourton, 24th Baron Segrave and Mary Margaret Corbally.² He married Mary Constable, daughter of Thomas Angus Constable and Elizabeth Ducarel de la Pasture, on 26 July 1893.¹ He died on 29 July 1936 at age 69.²
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant between 1887 and 1889 in the 3rd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (Militia.)² He succeeded as the 24th Baron Mowbray [E., 1284] on 18 April 1893.² He succeeded as the 25th Baron Segrave [E., 1284] on 18 April 1893.² He succeeded as the 21st Baron Stourton, of Stourton, co. Wilts [E., 1448] on 18 April 1893.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of the West Riding, Yorkshire.² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for the West Riding, Yorkshire.² On 27 November 1906 his claim to the Earldom of Norfolk was rejected by the House of Lords.²

     Mary Constable was born on 22 June 1870.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Angus Constable and Elizabeth Ducarel de la Pasture.¹ She married Charles Botolph Joseph Stourton, 25th Baron Segrave, son of Alfred Joseph Stourton, 24th Baron Segrave and Mary Margaret Corbally, on 26 July 1893.¹ She died on 9 December 1961 at age 91.¹
     From 26 July 1893, her married name became Stourton. After her marriage, Mary Constable was styled as Baroness Stourton on 26 July 1893.

     Hon. James Alastair Stourton was born on 3 July 1956.² He is the son of Charles Edward Stourton, 27th Baron Segrave and Hon. Jane Faith de Yarburgh-Bateson.² He married Hon. Sophie Ulla Stonor, daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Ralph Thomas Campion George Sherman Stonor, 7th Lord Camoys and Elizabeth Mary Hyde Parker, in 1993.¹ He and Hon. Sophie Ulla Stonor were divorced in 1997.¹
     He was educated at Ampleforth College, Ampleforth, Yorkshire, England.² He graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)² He was vice-chairman of Sotheby’s in 1997.² His marriage to Hon. Sophie Ulla Stonor was annulled in 1997.¹ He was proprietor of The Stourton Press.² He was appointed Knight of Honour and Devotion, Sovereign Military Order of Malta.² He lived in 2003 at 21 Moreton Place, London, England.²

     Anthony Baptist Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough was born on 17 January 1950.¹ He is the son of Anthony Gerard Edward Noel, 5th Earl of Gainsborough and Mary Stourton.¹ He married Sarah Rose Winnington, daughter of Colonel Thomas Foley Churchill Winnington and Lady Betty Marjorie Anson, on 23 May 1972.²
     He was styled as Viscount Campden between 1950 and 2009.¹ He was educated at Ampleforth College, Ampleforth, Yorkshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹ He lived in 2003 at 105 Earls Court Road, London, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Viscount Campden of Campden, co. Gloucester [U.K., 1841] on 29 December 2009.³ He succeeded as the 6th Earl of Gainsborough, co. Lincoln [U.K., 1841] on 29 December 2009.³ He succeeded as the 6th Baron Noel of Ridlington, co. Rutland [U.K., 1841] on 29 December 2009.³ He succeeded as the 8th Baronet Middleton, of Barham Court and Teston, Kent [G.B., 1781] on 29 December 2009.³ He succeeded as the 8th Baron Barham, of Barham Court and Teston, Kent [U.K., 1805] on 29 December 2009.³