Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden (1611 – 29 October 1682) was an English politician.
He was
Lord Lieutenant of Rutland,
Custos Rotulorum of Rutland and the
Member of Parliament
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for
Rutland.
Early life
Baptist Noel was born at
Exton Hall, Rutland the son of
Edward Noel, 2nd Viscount Campden
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sax ...
and the former Hon. Juliana Hicks. His younger brother, Hon. Henry Noel, married Mary Perry. His sister, Hon. Elizabeth Noel, was the wife of
John Chaworth, 2nd Viscount Chaworth, and other sister, Hon. Mary Noel, was the wife of Sir
Erasmus de la Fontaine, of Kirby Ballers.
His father was the eldest son and heir of Sir Andrew Noel and Mabel Harington (sister of
John Harington, 1st Baron Harington). His mother was the eldest daughter and co-heiress of
Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden
Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden (1551 – 18 October 1629) was an English cloth merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons between 1621 and 1628. King James I knighted Hicks in 1603 and in 1620 he ...
and Elizabeth May, sister of Sir
Humphrey May,
Master of the Rolls
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, children of Richard May, a merchant tailor of London.
Career
In 1640, he was returned alongside
Sir Guy Palmes as a
Member of Parliament
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for
Rutland after Parliament had been suspended since 1629.
Noel succeeded to his titles on the death of his father in 1643 and was required to leave the House of Commons. He was also Baron Noel of Ridlington and Baron Hicks of Ilmington. He was elected as a
knight of the shire
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for Rutland in the Long Parliament of 1640.
During the Civil War he was a military commander, rising to the level of brigadier-general. A supporter of King
Charles, he was fined £9,000 for delinquency and Campden House, his house at Campden was destroyed.
Personal life
Noel was married four times. His first marriage was on 25 December 1632 to Lady Anne Feilding, a daughter of
William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh
Admiral William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh (c. 15878 April 1643, Cannock) was an English naval officer and courtier.
Biography
William Feilding was the son of Basil Fielding of Newnham Paddox in Warwickshire (High Sheriff of Warwickshire ...
. Before her death on 24 March 1656, they had three children, all of whom died young.
His second marriage was on to Anne Bourchier, Countess of Bath. Ann, the widow of
Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath
Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath (baptised 1 March 1590Cokayne, ''The Complete Peerage'', new edition, Vol II, p. 18 – died 31 March 1636).
Origins
He was born in Somerset, the eldest son and heir of William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Ba ...
, was a daughter of Sir Robert Lovett of Liscombe, Buckinghamshire. She died in 1639.
He married thirdly on 21 December 1639 to Hester Wotton, a daughter of
Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton. Before her death on , they were the parents of four daughters and two sons, including:
* Hon. Mary Noel (d. 1719), who married, as his second wife,
James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton, before 1664.
* Hon. Juliana Noel (1645–1667), who married, as his second wife,
William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington
Major General William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington LL (bef. 1641 – 1 February 1685) was an Irish peer.
Alington was the son of William Alington, 1st Baron Alington and Elizabeth Tollemache. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Alington of ...
, in 1664.
* Hon. Elizabeth Noel (d. 1719), who married
Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley
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Life
The son of George ...
, in 1677.
*
Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough
Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough, 4th Viscount Campden (1641 – January 1689) was a British peer, styled Hon. Edward Noel from 1660 to 1681.
Origins
Edward Noel was born in 1641, the son and heir of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden.
Car ...
*
Henry Noel, who married Elizabeth Wale, third daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Wale, Alderman of London.
His fourth, and final, marriage was on 6 July 1655 to
Lady Elizabeth Bertie (1640–1683), daughter of
Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey
Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, KG, PC (1608 – 25 July 1666) was an English soldier, courtier, and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1626. He was created Baron Willoughby de Eresby by writ of acceleration in ...
. Together, they were the parents of nine children, including:
*
Baptist Noel (1658–1690), who married Susannah Fanshawe, daughter and heiress of Sir
Thomas Fanshawe, of
Jenkins in
Barking
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, in 1662.
* Hon. John Noel (d. 1718), who married Hon. Elizabeth Ingram, widow of
Edward Ingram, 2nd Viscount Irvine, sister of
Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough, and eldest daughter of
Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard, in 1696.
* Hon. Catherine Noel (1657–1723/4), who married, as his third wife,
John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland
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Lif ...
.
* Hon. Martha Penelope Noel, who married Dormer.
Lord Campden died on 29 October 1682 and was buried in the church of St Peter and St Paul,
Exton. His grave is marked by a fine marble tomb by
Grinling Gibbons
Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648 – 3 August 1721) was an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including Windsor Castle and Hampton Court Palace, St Paul's Cathedral and other London churches, Petworth House and othe ...
, dating from 1685, showing the Viscount with his fourth wife, Lady Elizabeth Bertie, and carvings of his nineteen children. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son,
Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough
Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough, 4th Viscount Campden (1641 – January 1689) was a British peer, styled Hon. Edward Noel from 1660 to 1681.
Origins
Edward Noel was born in 1641, the son and heir of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden.
Car ...
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1611 births
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Lord-Lieutenants of Rutland
Baptist
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English MPs 1640–1648
People from Rutland
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