Background
Lord Gainsborough succeeded his father, Arthur Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough in the earldom in 1927.
Lord Gainsborough succeeded his father, Arthur Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough in the earldom in 1927.
He attended Worth Priory in Sussex.
When he was 30, the estate was free from debt and he moved back into Exton Hall. Returning to Britain in 1943 he was declared unfit for military service and worked for Vickers Supermarine in Southampton. Gainsborough served as chairman of Oakham Rural District Council, 1952-1967 before becoming vice-chairman and then chairman of Rutland County Council, 1970-1973.
As president of the Rural District Councils Association in 1965, he played a prominent role in opposing the Redcliffe-Maud Report"s proposals for reorganising local councils which were implemented under the Local Government Acting 1972.