The Earldom of Gainsborough has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation ended in extinction when the sixth Earl died without heirs. The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. ... The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ...

The Earl is also, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Viscount Campden (created 1841), Baron Barham (1805) and Baron Noel (1841).

The family seat is Horn House, near Rutland Water, Rutland. Rutland Water is a reservoir in the county of Rutland, England, just east of the county town Oakham. ... Rutland is traditionally Englands smallest county and is bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Northamptonshire. ...

Viscounts Campden (1628)

• Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden (1551-1629)
• Edward Noel, 2nd Viscount Campden (d. 1643)
• Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden (1612-1682)
• Edward Noel, 4th Viscount Campden (1641-1689) (became Earl of Gainsborough in 1682)

Events March 1 - writs were issued in February 1628 by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date. ... Events Russia, Reforming Synod of the metropolite Macaire, Orthodoxy: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law code ( Stoglav ) Major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England. ... Events March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. ... // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... Events January 20 - Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Events March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. ... Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... Events Louis XIV of France passed the Code Noir, allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies. ...

Earls of Gainsborough, First Creation (1682)

• Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough (1641-1689)
• Wriothesley Baptist Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough (d. 1690)
• Baptist Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough (1684-1714)
• Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough (1708-1751)
• Baptist Noel, 5th Earl of Gainsborough (1740-1759)
• Henry Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough (1743-1798)

Events March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. ... Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... Events Louis XIV of France passed the Code Noir, allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies. ... Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ... Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. ... // Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ... // Events March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth July 1 - Tewoflos becomes Emperor of Ethiopia September 28 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya Kandahar conquered by Mir Wais In Masuria one third of the population die during the plague J... Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 25 - For the last time, New Years Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... // Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Barons Barham (1805)

• Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham (1726-1813)
• Diana Noel, 2nd Baroness Barham (1762-1823)
• Charles Noel, 3rd Baron Barham (1781-1866) (became Earl of Gainsborough in 1841)

1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham (October 14, 1726) - (June 17, 1813) was a British sailor and politician. ... Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

Earls of Gainsborough, Second Creation (1841)

• Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough (1781-1866)
• Charles George Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough (1818-1881)
• Charles William Francis Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough (1850-1926)
• Arthur Edward Joseph Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough (1884-1927)
• Arthur Gerard Edward Noel, 5th Earl of Gainsborough (b. 1923)