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Catherine Noel (c.1665 - 1703)

Daughter of Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court (1643-1710) and Sarah Dashwood (c.1645-1705). In a letter dated 6 Nov 1697 published in the Philosophical Transactions, Ralph Thoresby describes his acquaintance Edward Clarke as "the Lady Campden's Lecturer at Wakefield." Campden was appointed Lecturer at Wakefield Parish Church in 1693 (Peacock, 130). This Lady Campden must have been Catherine, the widow of Wriothesley Baptist Noel (c. 1661–1690), who was made 2nd Earl of Gainsborough in 1689 but styled Viscount Campden from 1683 to 1689. They were married 30 December 1687. The 3rd Earl of Gainsborough and Viscount Campden, Baptist Noel (1684 –1714), would have been only nine years old at the time of Clarke's appointment. Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wriothesley_Noel,_2nd_Earl_of_Gainsborough Other Links: https://familypedia.wikia.org/wiki/Catherine_Greville_(c1665-1703) - People linked to person: Catherine Noel was a employer of Edward Clarke (1658-after 1729)