Gerard Noel

Gerard Eyre Wriothesley Noel (20 November 1926 – 27 July 2016) was an English author, editor and aristocrat. He was the editor-in-chief of The Catholic Herald from 1982 to 1984 and wrote 20 books.

Early life The Honourable Gerard Noel was born on 20 November 1926. His father was Arthur Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough and his mother, Alice Mary (née Eyre), Countess of Gainsborough. His older brother Anthony succeeded to the earldom in 1927.

Noel was educated at the Worth School in West Sussex He read Modern History at Exeter College, Oxford, matriculating in 1944. and Robert John Baptist Noel (born 1962), Clarenceux King of Arms.

A Roman Catholic, he enjoyed a visit with Pope Pius XII at the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo in 1947. He was a member of White's, Brooks's, the Beefsteak, Garrick and Athenaeum Clubs.

Noel died on 27 July 2016, aged 89.

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