Sir Clobery Noel, 5th Baronet ( – 30 July 1733), of

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, Leicestershire, was an English Tory politician who sat in the

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from 1727 to 1734.

Early life

Noel was the eldest son of Sir John Noel, 4th Baronet and his wife Mary Clobery, daughter of Sir John Clobery of Winchester, Hampshire. His younger brother was William Noel, MP for Stamford and

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. His paternal grandparents were Sir William Noel, 2nd Baronet and the former Hon. Margaret Lovelace (a daughter of

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of Hurley and

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). Upon the death of his father on 1 July 1697, Noel succeeded to the

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. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 30 December 1710, aged 15.

Career

Noel was appointed

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in 1717. He was a Jacobite and in 1718 he and his brother-in-law Francis Mundy, ‘undertook to bring 2,000 men well mounted into the field in the county’ if there was an attempt to restore the Stuarts. At the

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, he was returned as

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for Leicestershire. Apart from the division on the civil list arrears in 1729, when he was absent, he voted against the Administration in all recorded divisions.

Personal life

On 24 August 1714, Sir Clobery married Elizabeth Rowney, only daughter of Thomas Rowney, MP for

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. Her brother, Thomas Rowney, was also an MP for Oxford. Together, they were the parents of at least six sons and one daughter, including: *

Edward Noel, 1st Viscount Wentworth Edward Noel, 1st Viscount Wentworth (30 August 1715 – 31 October 1774) was a British peer. Early life Edward Noel was born on 30 August 1715. Wentworth was the eldest son (of six sons and a daughter) of Sir Clobery Noel, 5th Baronet, of Kirkby ...

(1715–1774), who married Judith Lamb, a daughter of William Lamb, in 1744.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2442. Noel died on 30 July 1733. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Edward who subsequently succeeded to a peerage as Baron Wentworth.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Noel, Clobery 1690s births 1733 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Leicestershire Baronets in the Baronetage of England British MPs 1727–1734 Place of birth missing Year of birth uncertain High Sheriffs of Leicestershire