Family / house

Noel; Hicks; Gainsborough; Campden

Family / cadet branch

First Gainsborough creation, senior Exton–Campden line

Armiger / bearer

Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough

Entity type

individual

Social rank / class

peer

Heraldic authority

English peerage and heraldic authorities

Record basis

grant

Issued / first recorded

1682

Until / superseded

1689

Historical period

Restoration England

Grant / record reference

Earldom of Gainsborough created 1682

Blazon

Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Or, fretty Gules, a canton Ermine, for Noel; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, a fess wavy between three fleurs-de-lis Or, for Hicks.

Plain-English description

The Noel arms occupy the first and fourth quarters; the Hicks arms, inherited through Edward's mother Juliana Hicks, occupy the second and third quarters.

Tinctures

Or; Gules; Ermine

Charges / ordinaries

Fret; Canton; Fess wavy; Three fleurs-de-lis

Crest

On a wreath, a buck at gaze Argent, attired Or.

Motto

Tout bien ou rien.

Exterior ornaments

Two bulls Argent, armed and unguled Proper, as supporters; earl's coronet appropriate to the peerage.

Difference / variant

The first Gainsborough achievement is a Noel–Hicks quartered design, distinct from the undivided Noel coat later used for the 1841 revival.

Source reference

The Official Baronage of England, Gainsborough entry

Linked historical person

Edward Noel

Source

Open source

Genealogical context

Father

Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden

Mother

Elizabeth Bertie

Spouse(s)

Lady Elizabeth Wriothesley, daughter and coheir of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton

Children / next generation

Wriothesley Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough; Lady Rachel Noel, later Duchess of Beaufort; Lady Elizabeth Noel, later Duchess of Portland

Notes / sources