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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