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Inscription: Sacred to the memory of Baptist the 4th Earl of Gainsborough Elizabeth his Wife and Thomas Noel Esquire of Walcot in the County of Northampton, who in his last Will requested that a Monument that be placd in this Church in memory of Himself and Elizabeth Countess of Gainsborough who sometime after the decease of Baptist Earl of Gainsborough: became the Wife of Thomas Noel. Soon after his death, this Monument was erected by his Executor, Henry Earl of Gainsborough: who from a deep and lively Sense of Respect and Affection for his Father, Bapt Earl of Gainsborough; has devoted this monument to the grateful remembrance of his Parents, as well as to the Memory of his truly respected Friend, and Father in Law, Thomas Noel Esquire Anno Domini 1790. To names like These, it is unnecessary to add any Praise as they will be long remembered Here with Love, and Veneration, and Gratitude, but, to Posterity and to the Stranger, it may suffice to add, that, the Figure placd here expressive of Liberality and Beneficence; could not any where appear with more distinguishd Propriety, than upon This Tomb. Baptist, the 4th Earl of Gainsborough died Marth 21st, 1751 Aged 43. Elizabeth, Countess of Gainsborough, died December 15th, 1771, Aged 64. Thomas Noel, Esquire, died June 18th, 1788, Aged 83. (Photo Sept 2014).