Gerard Noel (politician)
George Finch James Lowther | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gerard James Noel 28 August 1823 |
| Died | 19 May 1911 (aged 87) Oakham, Rutland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Augusta Lowther
(m. 1863) |
| Relations | Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough (half-brother) Roden Noel (half-brother) Lady Victoria Buxton (half-sister) |
| Children | Gerard Cecil Noel Henry Cecil Noel |
| Parent(s) | Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough Arabella Hamlyn-Williams |
Gerard James Noel
JP (28 August 1823 – 19 May 1911),[1] styled The Honourable Gerard Noel from birth, was a British Conservative
politician.
Early life
Noel was the eldest son of
Groom of the Privy Chamber) and Lady Victoria Noel (the wife of Sir Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet, the Governor of South Australia).[3]
Career
Noel was elected
Lord of the Treasury from 1866 until 1868, and then briefly under Disraeli as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
between November 1868 and the fall of the Conservative government in December of the same year.
After the Conservatives returned to power in 1874 he was sworn of the
Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds
.
Apart from his political career Noel was also a Captain in the
Personal life
On 30 June 1863, Noel was married to Lady Augusta Mary, the second daughter of Lady Lucy Eleanor Sherard (eldest daughter of
Henry Cecil Lowther of Barleythorpe Hall (the second son of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale).[3] She was the also sister of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale.[7] At his home, Catmose House, in Oakham, Rutland
, he developed a fine garden which employed 15 gardeners. Together, they were the parents of:
- Gerard Cecil Noel (1864–1925), who married his cousin Madeline Edith Clifton, a daughter of John Talbot Clifton and grandson of Henry Lowther, MP for Westmorland), and Madeline Diana Elizabeth Agnew (a daughter of Sir Andrew Agnew, Bt, MP for Wigtownshire), in 1897.
- Henry Cecil Noel (1868–1931), who married Frances Mary Cockerell, a daughter of Frederick Pepys Cockerell, in 1902. After their divorce in 1926, he married, secondly, Janet Muriel Baird, daughter of William Baird (a son of William Baird MP for Falkirk Burghs) and Caroline Muriel Burn-Callander (a descendant of the 8th Earl of Coventry), in August 1926.
Noel died at Oakham in May 1911, aged 87.[1] Augusta Noel died in January 1916.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Mr. Gerard Noel". The Guardian. 22 May 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ a b c Lundy, Darryl. "p. 24326 § 243260 Rt. Hon. Gerard James Noel". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
- ^ a b c d "Gainsborough, Earl of (UK, 1841)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Frances Noel (née Jocelyn), Countess of Gainsborough - National Portrait Gallery". npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Rochester to Ryedale". Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "No. 24095". The London Gazette. 15 May 1874. p. 2549.
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "p. 1220 § 12193". Retrieved 11 January 2007.[unreliable source]