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Note for:   Gerard Anne Edwardes,    - 1773         Index

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     Of Welham Grove, Essex.

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Note for:   Gerard Noel Edwardes Noel,   17 Jul 1759 - 25 Feb 1838         Index

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     Place:   Exton, Rutlandshire, England

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     Exton Old Hall was burnt down in 1810, a new hall was built nearby.
MP for Rutland, a portrait in the National Gallery.

Gerard Noel Noel (formerly Edwards) of Exton Park, bt, the son of Gerard Anne Edwards of Welham Grove, Essex and his wife Jane Noel the sister of the earl of Gainsborough, was born on 17 July 1759 at Tickencote, Rutland. In 1798 he took the name Noel by royal licence when he inherited the estates of his uncle, Henry Noel, Earl of Gainsborough. He was MP for Maidstone, 1784-1788 and for Rutland, 1788-1808 and 1814-1838; he was Sheriff of Rutland, 1812-1813. Noel married firstly Diana Middleton, the daughter and heir of Charles Middleton (later baron Barham), on 21 December 1780 and he succeeded to his father-in-law's baronetcy in 1813. Diana died on 12 April 1823 and Noel was re-married on 4 May 1823 to Harriet Gill, the daughter of the Rev Joseph Gill of Scraptoft, Lincolnshire; she died on 11 August 1826 and he was married for a third time on 11 August 1831 to Isabella Evans Raymond. Noel died at Exton Park on 25 February 1838 and his widow died at Morlaix, France on 9 June 1867

Edwards (post Noel), Gerald Noel. College: ST JOHN'S Entered: Michs. 1778 Born: July 17, 1759 Died: Feb. 25, 1838
Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 16) at ST JOHN'S, June 8, 1776. [Only] s. of Gerard Anne (who was a natural son of Lord Anne Hamilton by Mary, dau. of Francis Edwardes, of Welham, Leics.) by Jane, dau. of Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough. B. July 17, 1759, at Tickencote, Rutland. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1778; M.A. 1779; Banker in Westminster. M.P. for Maidstone, 1784-8; for Rutland, 1788-1808 and 1814-38. Capt. of Rutland Militia, 1779, and Col. of the Rutland Regt. of Fencible Cavalry, 1794-7; Lieut.-Col., Rutland Volunteer Infantry, 1800, and Capt., then Major, commanding Rutland Legion of Volunteer Infantry, 1803. High Steward of Campden, Gloucs., 1798. High Sheriff of Rutland, 1812-13. Succeeded to his father-in-law's (Baron Barham) baronetcy under special remainder, June 17, 1813. Inherited the estates of his uncle Henry, 6th Earl of Gainsborough, and assumed the surname of Noel instead of Edwards, by Royal Licence, May 8, 1798. Married (1) Dec. 21, 1780, Diana, dau. and heiress of Admiral Charles (Middleton), 1st Baron Barham, and had issue; (2) May 4, 1823, Harriet, dau. of the Rev. Joseph Gill, V. of Scraptoft, Leics.; (3) Aug. 11, 1831, Isabella Evans Raymond. Died Feb. 25, 1838, at Exton Park, Rutland. Father of Charles Noel (1801) (created Earl of Gainsborough 1841). (Eton Coll. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm. IV. 233; Burke, P. and B.; G.E.C., Baronetage, v. 216, sub Middleton.)

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Note for:   Diana Middleton,   18 Sep 1762 - 12 Apr 1823         Index

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     Place:   Teston by Maidstone, Kent, England
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Note for:   Catherine Wriothesley Noel,   10 Aug 1657 - 24 Jan 1733         Index

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     Place:   Bottesford
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Note for:   John Manners,   29 May 1638 - 10 Jan 1711         Index

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     Place:   Bottesford
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Note for:   Diana Bruce,   ABT 1648 - 15 Jul 1672         Index

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     Place:   Bottesford
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Note for:   James Gordon Brickenden,   27 Jun 1848 - 4 Nov 1887         Index

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     Date:   27 Jun 1848
     Place:   Slaugham, Sussex, England

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     M.I.C.E., F.R.S.
Listed in 1881 census as James G., Civil Engineer, Head Lodger at Rockport Hall, 1 Rockport St., Stockport, England, born Rockingham Hall, Sussex, England