John Noel (7 November 1659 – 26 December 1718), of

North Luffenham North Luffenham is a village in Rutland, in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 census was 704, decreasing to 679 at the 2011 census. It lies to the north of the River Chater, east of Uppingham and west ...

, Rutland was a British politician who sat in the

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between 1711 and 1718. Noel was the 7th son of

Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden 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 for Rutland (UK Parliament constituency), Rutland. Early life B ...

, and his fourth wife Lady Elizabeth Bertie, daughter of Montague Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey and was born on 7 November 1659. He entered

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in 1676 but still had chambers at the Middle Temple in 1681. Late in the summer of 1687, he had a quarrel at a horse-race meeting with

Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard Deputy Lieutenant, DL (''baptised'' 30 November 1621 – 15 January 1700) was a British politician and Irish peer. An influential landowner in Leicestershire and Rutland, he was returned to Parliament by the form ...

who resorted to physical violence. This created such a stir among the local gentry that Lord Sunderland, secretary of state instructed Lord Huntingdon lord lieutenant of Leicestershire to see that the difference was smoothed over. In time it was, as Sherard became the father-in-law of Noel when his daughter Elizabeth Lady Irvine (or Irwin), widow of Edward Ingram, 2nd Viscount of Irvine, married him on 27 May 1696. Elizabeth was the sister and coheir of Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough, and had at least two children by Noel: *Bridget (died 1729), who married David Colyear, Viscount Milsington, heir to the Earl of Portmore *Thomas (died 1788), who married Elizabeth ChapmanMosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 1504 Noel was one of several “noble persons” to have a Doctorate of Laws conferred on him at Cambridge University in the presence of Queen Anne on 16 April 1705. In May 1705 he was invited to rejoin the Honourable Order of Little Bedlam. He had previously been a member of this drinking and dining club until it ceased in 1700 and it was now being reestablished. He adopted the nickname ‘Wildhorse’ to comply with the rules of membership. At the 1710 election Noel was returned as Member of Parliament for

Rutland Rutland is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Leicestershire to the north and west, Lincolnshire to the north-east, and Northamptonshire to the south-west. Oakham is the largest town and county town. Rutland has a ...

, standing as a Whig. The Earl of Nottingham (Daniel Finch), leader of the Tory interest in the county, resolved to unseat him and following a Commons’ hearing lasting several long sittings, he was unseated in favour of the Tory Richard Halford . In the 1715 general election Noel was returned unopposed at Rutland as a Whig. He died aged 58 on 26 December 1718.

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