Family
Noel married Augusta Mary, daughter of Henry Cecil Lowther, on 30 June 1863. At his home, Catmose, in Oakham, Rutland, he developed a fine garden which employed 15 gardeners. The range of trees in his arboretum was claimed to rival Kew Gardens. Noel died in May 1911, aged 87. Augusta Noel died in January 1916.
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Famous quotes containing the word family:
“There are one or two rules,
Half-a-dozen, maybe,
That all family fools,
Of whatever degree,
Must observe if they love their profession.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“Family living can go on existing. Very many are
remembering this thing are remembering that family
living living can go on existing. Very many are quite
certain that family living can go on existing. Very
many are remembering that they are quite certain that
family living can go on existing.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“I am the family face;
Flesh perishes, I live on,
Projecting trait and trace
Through time to times anon,
And leaping from place to place
Over oblivion.”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)