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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 1-21 EuwAKD (Sir), his heir. Charles (Sir), Knt., d. Mitm. in 1619. Arthur. Alexaader, of Whitwell, m., andlet't issue. Lucy, m. to William, Lord Eure. Theodosia, m. to Sir Edward Cecil, after- wards Viscount Wimbledon. Elizabeth, m. to George, Earl of Castle- haven, in Ireland. He d. at his seat. Brook, in Rutland, 9th October, 1607, and was .5. by his eldest son, SiE Edward Noel, Knt., wlio, when young, was made a knight-banneret in the wars in Ireland, and was created a baronet 29th June, 1611, and elevated to the peerage, by letters patent, dated 23rd March, 1616-17, as Babon Noel, of Ridlington, in the co. of Rutland. His lordship m. Juliana, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Baptist Hicks, Knt., which Sir Baptist was created a baronet, 1st July, 1620. Sir Baptist was furtlier advanced to the peerage as Baeon Hicks, of Ilmington, in the CO. of Warwick, and Viscount Campden, in Gloucestersliire, 5th May, 1628, for life with remainder, after his decease, to his son- in-law. Lord Noel ; and upon his death, on the 18th October, in the following year (the barony becoming extinct) these dignities were inherited by Lord Noel, who, by his wife (who d. at JBrook, 25th November, 1680), had issue. Baptist, his successor. Henry, m. Mary, daughter of Hugh Perry, Esq. of London, but d. -t.p. a prisoner for loyalty to King Charles. Elizabeth, m. to John, 2nd Viscount Chaworth, in the peerage of Ireland. Mary, m. to Sir Erasmus de la Fon- taine, of Kirby Bellers, in the co. of Leicester. Penelope, d. unm. On the breaking out of the civil war. Lord Noel raised forces for the royal cause, and departed this life in his garrison at Oxford, 8th March, 16-13, and his widow erected a handsome mural monument to his memory in Campden chiu-ch. Lord Noel was s. by his elder son. Baptist Noel, second Baron Noel, and third Viscount Campden. This nobleman was as faithful a cavalier as his father, and raised a troop of horse and company of foot for the service of the king. For his estates he was obliged to pay to the sequestrators £9,000 composition, and an annuity of £150 settled on the teachers of the period. He sustained the loss of his princely seat at Campden, which had been burnt down by the royal army to prevent its becoming a garrison to the parliamentarians. His lord- ship lived to witness the restoration of the monarchy, and was made lord lieutenant of the CO. of Rutland. He m. 1st, Lady Anne Fielding, daughter of William, Earl of Den- bigh, hy whom he had no surviving issue. He espoused, 2ndly, Anne, widow of Edward, Earl of Bath, and daughter of Sir Robert Lovet, Knt., but had only one stillborn child. His lordship wedded, 3rdly, Hester, daughter and co-heir of Thomas, Lord Wotton, by wliom he had issue, I. Edward, his successor. II. Henry, of Noitli Luffenham, in Rut- land, who m. Elizabeth, daugliler and heir of Sir William Wale, and left an only daughter and lieir, Juliana, who m. Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Bur- lington. I. Mary, m. to James, Earl of North- ampton. II. Juliana, m. to William, Lord Alinston. III. Elizabeth, m. to Charles, Earl of Berkeley. The viscount, m., 4thly, Lady Elizabeth Bertie, daughter of Montague, Earl of Lind- sey, and had surviving issue, I. Baptist, of Luffenham, in the co. of Rutland, M.P. for that shire, m. Susannah, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Fanshaw, and left, at his decease, one son. Baptist, who inherited as 3rd Earl of Gainsborough. II. John, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Bennet, Lord Sherrard, and had issue, 1. John, M.P., for Northampton- shire, who d. unm. 2. Thomas, m. Elizabeth, widow of Baptist, 4th Earl of Gains- borough. 3. Bennet, m. to a daugliter of .... Adam, Esq. 1. Elizabetli, d. nam. 2. Bridget, m. to David, Lord Mil- sington. 3. Alice. I. Catherine, m. to John, 1st Duke of Rutland. II. Martha Penelope, m. to ... . Dormer, Esq. His lordship d. at Exton, 29th October, 1682, and was .s. by his eldest son, Edward Noel, 3rd Baron Noel, and 4th Viscount Campden, who had been created by King Charles II, by letters patent, dated 3rd February, 1681, Baron Noel, of Titch- field, with remainder, default of male issue, to the younger sons of his father, and was ad- vanced to the dignity of Earl oi' Gains- borough, 1st December, 1682, with similar limitaticm. His lordship was constituted lord lieutenant of the co. of Southampton, warden of the New Forest, and governor of Portsmouth. He m. 1st, Lady Elizabeth Wri- othesley, daughter and co-heir of Thomas, 4th Earl of Southampton, by whom he ac- quired the lordship of Titchfield, and had issue, Weiotheslet Baptist, his successor. Francis, m. to Simon, 4th Lord Digby, and d. in 1684. Jane, m. to William, 5th Lord Digby, brother and successor of Simon, Lord Digby. Elizabeth, in. to Richard Norton, Esq. of the CO. of Southampton. Juliana, d. unm.