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In 1780 [his father] Gerard Edwardes aka Noel 2nd Baronet (age 20) and [his mother] Diana Middleton 2nd Baroness Barham (age 17) were married.
On 2nd October 1781 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough was born to Gerard Edwardes aka Noel 2nd Baronet (age 22) and Diana Middleton 2nd Baroness Barham (age 19).
In 1809 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 27) and Elizabeth Welman were married.
In 1817 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 35) and Elizabeth Grey (age 17) were married.
In 1818 [his wife] Elizabeth Grey (age 18) died in childbirth.
On 5th September 1818 [his son] Charles George Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough was born to Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 36) and [his former wife] Elizabeth Grey.
In 1820 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 38) and Arabella Hamlyn-Williams were married.
On 12th April 1823 [his mother] Diana Middleton 2nd Baroness Barham (age 60) died. Her son Charles (age 41) succeeded 3rd Baron Barham.
On 28th August 1823 [his son] Gerard Noel was born to Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 41) and [his wife] Arabella Hamlyn-Williams.
In 1824 [his son] Henry Lewis Noel was born to Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 42) and [his wife] Arabella Hamlyn-Williams.
On 29th September 1829 [his daughter] Catherine Hamilton Noel was born to Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 47) and [his wife] Arabella Hamlyn-Williams.
On 4th October 1829 [his wife] Arabella Hamlyn-Williams died from childbirth shortly after the birth of her fourth child [his daughter] Catherine Hamilton Noel.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 25th July 1833 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 51) and Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough (age 18) were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of Robert Jocelyn 3rd Earl Roden (age 44) and Maria Frances Catherine Stapleton Countess Roden.
On 27th August 1834 [his son] Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel was born to Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 52) and [his wife] Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough (age 19).
On 25th February 1838 [his father] Gerard Edwardes aka Noel 2nd Baronet (age 78) died.
On 1st July 1839 [his daughter] Victoria Noel Lady Buxton was born to Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 57) and [his wife] Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough (age 24).
In 1841 [his son] Charles George Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Ida Harriet Augusta Hay Countess Gainsborough (age 19) were married. She the daughter of William Hay 18th Earl Erroll (age 39) and Elizabeth Fitzclarence Countess Erroll (age 39). He the son of Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 59) and [his former wife] Elizabeth Grey.
On 16th August 1841 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 59) was created 1st Earl Gainsborough. [his wife] Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough (age 26) by marriage Countess Gainsborough.
On 20th August 1846 [his son-in-law] Andrew Agnew 8th Baronet (age 28) and [his daughter] Mary Arabella Louisa Noel were married. She the daughter of Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 64) and [his former wife] Arabella Hamlyn-Williams.
On 19th June 1849 [his son-in-law] James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk (age 21) and [his daughter] Catherine Hamilton Noel (age 19) were married at Exton, Rutlandshire. She the daughter of Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 67) and [his former wife] Arabella Hamlyn-Williams. He the son of James Carnegie 5th Baronet.
On 9th March 1855 [his daughter] Catherine Hamilton Noel (age 25) died.
On 21st June 1862 [his son-in-law] Thomas Fowell Buxton 3rd Baronet (age 25) and [his daughter] Victoria Noel Lady Buxton (age 22) were married. She by marriage Lady Buxton of Belfield in Dorset. She the daughter of Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 80) and [his wife] Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough (age 47).
On 30th June 1863 [his son] Gerard Noel (age 39) and [his daughter-in-law] Augusta Mary Lowther were married. He the son of Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 81) and [his former wife] Arabella Hamlyn-Williams.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 10th June 1866 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 84) died. His son [his son] Charles (age 47) succeeded 2nd Earl Gainsborough, 4th Baron Barham. [his daughter-in-law] Ida Harriet Augusta Hay Countess Gainsborough (age 44) by marriage Countess Gainsborough.
In December 1881 [his former wife] Elizabeth Welman died.
On 12th May 1885 [his former wife] Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough (age 70) died.
Memorial at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Exton, Rutlandshire [Map].
Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough: On 20th November 1814 she was born to Robert Jocelyn 3rd Earl Roden and Maria Frances Catherine Stapleton Countess Roden. On 25th July 1833 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough and she were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of Robert Jocelyn 3rd Earl Roden and Maria Frances Catherine Stapleton Countess Roden. On 16th August 1841 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough was created 1st Earl Gainsborough. She by marriage Countess Gainsborough.
[his daughter] Mary Arabella Louisa Noel was born to Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough and Arabella Hamlyn-Williams.
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Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Gordon Marchioness Douglas 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret aka Mary Feilding 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Anne Hamilton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Gerard 4th Baron Gerard 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Digby Gerard 5th Baron Gerard 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Digby Baroness Gerard 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gerard Duchess Brandon 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gerard Baroness Gerard 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne de Civelle Countess Macclesfield
GrandFather: Gerard Edwardes of Welham Grove 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Edwards
Father: Gerard Edwardes aka Noel 2nd Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Earl Gainsborough 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fanshawe 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susannah Fanshawe 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Heath
Great x 1 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 4th Earl Gainsborough 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Manners Countess Gainsborough 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Jane Noel 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chapman Countess Gainsborough
Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Middleton of Bo'ness
GrandFather: Admiral Charles Middleton 1st Baron Barham
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Dundas Lord Arniston
Great x 2 Grandfather: Captain Charles Dundas
Great x 1 Grandmother: Helen Dundas
Mother: Diana Middleton 2nd Baroness Barham