Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet
Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet | |
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Born | 17 July 1759 |
Died | 25 February 1838 |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Occupation(s) | Aristocrat, politician |
Spouse | 3 |
Children | 19 |
Parent(s) | Gerard Edwardes Lady Jane Noel |
Relatives | Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough (maternal grandfather) |
Sir Gerard Noel Noel, 2nd Baronet (17 July 1759 – 25 February 1838), of Welham Grove in Leicestershire and Exton Park in Rutland, known as Gerard Edwardes until 1798, was an English Member of Parliament.
Background
Gerard Noel was born Gerard Edwardes at Tickencote, Rutland, on 17 July 1759. He was the son of Gerard Edwardes of Welham Grove and Lady Jane Noel, daughter of Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough. His father was the illegitimate son of the tycoon Mary Edwardes and Lord Anne Hamilton,[1] younger son of James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton. He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge.[2]
Career
Noel became partner in a
In 1798 he inherited the estates of his uncle, Henry Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough (though not the peerage, which could not pass through the female line), and changed his surname to Noel by royal licence. He served as High Sheriff of Rutland for 1812.[3]
Personal life and death
Noel married three times. His first marriage, in 1780, was to
- Charles Noel Noel (1781–1866), MP, who succeeded to his mother's barony and his father's baronetcy, later created Earl of Gainsborough
- Rev. Gerard Thomas Noel (1782–1851), a canon of Winchester, and father of Caroline Maria Noel (1817–77), author of the hymn "At the Name of Jesus".
- Major Horace Noel (1783–1807)
- Henry Robert Noel (1784–1800)
- William Middleton Noel (1789–1859), MP for Rutland 1838-1840
- Captain Frederic Noel (1790–1833), a naval officer
- Rev. Francis James Noel (1793–1854), Rector of Teston and Nettlestead in Kent
- Berkeley Octavius Noel (1794–1841)
- Rev. Leland Noel (1797–1870), Vicar of Exton and Rector of Horn[5]
- Baptist Wriothesley Noel (1799–1873)
- Louisa Elizabeth Noel (d. 1816), who married the banker William Henry Hoare (d. 1819)
- Emma Noel (d. 1873), who married Stafford O'Brien (d. 1864)
- Charlotte Margaret Noel (d. 1869), who married (first, in 1813) Thomas Welman and (second, in 1839) Thomas Thompson
- Augusta Julia Noel (d. 1833), who married Thomas Babington (d. 1871)
- Juliana Hicks Noel (d. 1855), who married Rev. Samuel Phillips
His second marriage, in 1823, was to Harriet Gill (d. 1826), his mistress of many years, by whom he had a daughter, Harriet Jane (m. Don Ysidro Lopez d'Arze).[6]
After Harriet's death he married a third time, in 1831, to Isabella Evans.
Noel died on 25 February 1838.
References
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/66538. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Edwards (post Noel), Gerald Noel (EDWS776GN)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Complete Baronetage
- ^ Sir Gerard Noel MP and the Noels of Chipping Campden and Exton by Gerard Noel, 2004
- ^ "Noel, Leland (CCEd Person ID 71599)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ Sir Gerard Noel MP and the Noels of Chipping Campden and Exton by Gerard Noel, 2004
- Lewis Namier & John Brooke, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754-1790 (London: HMSO, 1964)