Andrew Noel


Andrew Noel or Nowell was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.

Career

He was a second son of Andrew Noel of Dalby and Brooke and Elizabeth Hopton.
His father left his estates to the younger Andrew, rather than his eldest son, John Noel.
Noel was Member of Parliament for Rutland. He was Sheriff of Rutland in 1600.
Andrew Noel and his wife attended the funeral of Mary, Queen of Scots at Peterborough Cathedral in 1587. He carried the banner of Scotland.
His brother Henry Noel was a poet, a patron of John Dowland, and said to be a gentleman pensioner to the queen. He died on 28 February 1597 after playing a ball game called baloune at court with an Italian opponent.
He was involved in litigation with his brother-in-law John Harington of Exton.
He died in 1603.

Marriages and children

Noel married Mabel Harington, a daughter of James Harington of Exton and Lucy Sidney. Their children included: