Henry Noel (MP)

Henry Noel
Henry Noel
Born	1642
Died	20 September 1677
Residence	Luffenham Hall
Occupation	Aristocrat, politician
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Wale
Children	1 daughter
Parent(s)	Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden ; Hester Wotton
Relatives	Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington (son-in-law)

Last updated April 06, 2019

Henry Noel (1642 – 20 September 1677) was an English politician during the reign of Charles II. A younger son of Viscount Campden, he inherited a large estate from an uncle in infancy. Returned as a court candidate for Stamford in an expensive by-election, he died less than a year later.

Charles II was king of England, Scotland and Ireland. He was king of Scotland from 1649 until his deposition in 1651, and king of England, Scotland and Ireland from the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 until his death.

Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden (1611–1682) was an English politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Rutland, Custos Rotulorum of Rutland and the Member of Parliament for Rutland.

Stamford was a constituency in the county of Lincolnshire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of England to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1868 when this was reduced to one.

Early life

Henry Noel was born in 1642. He was the second son of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden by his third wife, Hon. Hester Wotton. He was baptized on 23 October 1642 at Exton, Rutland.

Exton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Exton and Horn, in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 census was 600, including Whitwell and this had increased slightly to 607 at the 2011 census. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2016 and merged with Horn to form Exton and Horn.

Career

In 1643, he inherited Luffenham Hall, in North Luffenham, Rutland, from his uncle Henry, who died a prisoner of the Parliamentarians.^[1] He was admitted a fellow-commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1660,^[2] and was considered for the proposed Knights of the Royal Oak at the Restoration, his income being estimated at £1,000 per year.^[1] Around this time, he made a gift of a fire engine to the town of Stamford, Lincolnshire.^[3]

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Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. With around 600 undergraduates, 300 graduates, and over 180 fellows, it is the largest college in either of the Oxbridge universities by number of undergraduates. In terms of total student numbers, it is second only to Homerton College, Cambridge.

The Knights of the Royal Oak was an intended order of knighthood. It was proposed in 1660 at the time of the restoration of Charles II of England, known as the English Restoration. It was to be a reward to those Englishmen who faithfully & actively supported him during his exile in France. The knights so created were to be called "Knights of the Royal Oak", and bestowed with a silver medal, on a ribbon, depicting the king in the Royal oak tree, a reference to the oak tree at Boscobel House, then called the "Oak of Boscobel", in which King Charles II hid to escape the Roundheads after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Men were selected from all the counties of England and Wales, with the number from each county being in proportion to the population. William Dugdale in 1681 noted 687 names, each with a valuation of their estate in pounds per year. The estates of 18 men were valued at more than £3,000 per year. The names of the recipients are also listed in the baronetages, published in five volumes, 1741.

In 1663, Noel was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Rutland, and to the commission of assessment for that county. In 1665, he was appointed to the commission for the enclosure of Deeping Fen, and was made a freeman of Portsmouth in 1668. In 1669, he was appointed a justice of the peace for Rutland.^[1]

Deeping Fen is a low-lying area in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England, which covers approximately 47 square miles (120 km²). It is bounded by the River Welland and the River Glen, and is extensively drained, but the efficient drainage of the land exercised the minds of several of the great civil engineers of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Portsmouth is a port city in Hampshire, England, with a total population of 205,400 residents. The city of Portsmouth is nicknamed Pompey and is mainly built on Portsea Island, a flat, low-lying island measuring 24 square kilometres in area, just off the south-east coast of Hampshire. Uniquely, Portsmouth is the only island city in the United Kingdom, and is the only city whose population density exceeds that of London.

A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or puisne court, elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the same meaning. Depending on the jurisdiction, such justices dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions. Justices of the peace are appointed or elected from the citizens of the jurisdiction in which they serve, and are usually not required to have any formal legal education in order to qualify for the office. Some jurisdictions have varying forms of training for JPs.

In 1676, Hon. William Montagu, member for Stamford was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer, vacating his seat and necessitating a by-election. Noel contested the election with John Hatcher, a Presbyterian who had his own interest in the town, and was also backed by the strong interest of the Earl of Exeter. However, Noel's father Lord Campden and the Earl of Lindsey, supporters of the court party, lavishly treated the residents of Stamford and their friends, dismaying Hatcher, who could not match their expenditures and arranged to be appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire to escape from the contest.^{[lower-alpha 1]} Exeter switched his interest to a new candidate, William Thursby, who looked to have no better success; Hatcher put himself back into the race, hoping to delay the election long enough to obtain some advantage, but in vain. Noel was returned for Stamford on 27 February 1677, and Hatcher's petition against the result was disqualified due to his ineligibility as the Sheriff of the county.^[4]

Sir William Montagu SL was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1695.

The Chief Baron of the Exchequer was the first "baron" of the English Exchequer of Pleas. "In the absence of both the Treasurer of the Exchequer or First Lord of the Treasury, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it was he who presided in the equity court and answered the bar i.e. spoke for the court." Practically speaking, he held the most important office of the Exchequer of Pleas.

By-elections, also spelled bye-elections, are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.

Noel was appointed to the commission of assessment for Lincolnshire that year, but probably not to any committees in the Cavalier Parliament.

The Cavalier Parliament of England lasted from 8 May 1661 until 24 January 1679. It was the longest English Parliament, enduring for nearly 18 years of the quarter-century reign of Charles II of England. Like its predecessor, the Convention Parliament, it was overwhelmingly Royalist and is also known as the Pensioner Parliament for the many pensions it granted to adherents of the King.

Personal life and death

On 14 May 1671, he married Elizabeth Wale (d. 11 January 1681), the daughter and coheir of Sir William Wale (d. 1676), Vintner and alderman of London. They had one daughter, Juliana Noel, who married Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington.^[1]^[5]

Noel died on 20 September 1677. He was survived by his daughter, but the Luffenham estate was entailed and passed to his half-brother, Hon. Baptist Noel.^[1]

Notes

↑ Sheriffs are disqualified from sitting in Parliament for constituencies within their own shrievalty.

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References

1 2 3 4 5 Cruickshanks, Eveline; Henning, Basil Duke (1983). "NOEL, Hon. Henry (1642-77), of North Luffenham, Rutland.". In Henning, B. D. The House of Commons 1660-1690. The History of Parliament Trust.
↑ "Nowell, Henry (NWL660H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Burton, George (1846). Chronology of Stamford. Stamford: Robert Bagley. p. 179.
↑ Watson, Paula (1983). "Stamford". In Henning, B. D. The House of Commons 1660-1690. The History of Parliament Trust.
↑ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1841). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England. Scott, Webster & Geary. p. 387.

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[4] Sheriffs are disqualified from sitting in Parliament for constituencies within their own shrievalty.

[hop-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Cruickshanks, Eveline; Henning, Basil Duke (1983). "NOEL, Hon. Henry (1642-77), of North Luffenham, Rutland.". In Henning, B. D. The House of Commons 1660-1690. The History of Parliament Trust.

[2] "Nowell, Henry (NWL660H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[3] Burton, George (1846). Chronology of Stamford. Stamford: Robert Bagley. p. 179.

[stamford-5] Watson, Paula (1983). "Stamford". In Henning, B. D. The House of Commons 1660-1690. The History of Parliament Trust.

[6] Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1841). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England. Scott, Webster & Geary. p. 387.