Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough

Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough
Born	1641
Died	January 1689
Occupation	Aristocrat, politician
Spouse(s)	Lady Elizabeth Wriothesley
Children	1 son, 4 daughters
Parent(s)	Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden
Relatives	Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton (father-in-law)

Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough (1641 – January 1689) was a British peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. Edward Noel from 1660 to 1681.

Edward Noel was born in 1641. He was the son of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden.

Noel represented Rutland in the House of Commons of England from 1661 to 1679. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Rutland in March 1670. In 1676, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire in February, and Warden and Keeper of the New Forest in March.

After being appointed Colonel of the Hampshire Militia in 1678, he was briefly knight of the shire for Hampshire in 1679. On 3 February 1681, he was created Baron Noel and entered the House of Lords, and was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire. In 1682, he was given several local offices in Hampshire: Governor of Portsmouth, Constable of Porchester Castle, and Lieutenant of South Bere Forest. He succeeded his father in October as Viscount Campden and as Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Rutland, and was further honored at the end of the year when he was created Earl of Gainsborough on 1 December 1682.

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