Biography of Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 1657-1733

On 25th December 1632 [her father] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden [aged 21] and Anne Feilding were married. She the daughter of William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh [aged 45] and Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh [aged 49].

Around June 1636 [her father] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden [aged 25] and Ann Lovett Countess Bath [aged 19] were married.

On 21st December 1639 [her father] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden [aged 28] and Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden [aged 24] were married.

On 6th July 1655 [her father] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden [aged 44] and [her mother] Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Campden. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey [aged 47] and [her grandmother] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness. They were second cousin twice removed.

In 1657 Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland was born to [her father] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden [aged 46] and [her mother] Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden [aged 17].

Around 1661 [her half-brother] Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 20] and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Gainsborough [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester [aged 53] and Elizabeth Leigh Countess Southampton. They were third cousin once removed.

On 30th July 1664 [her brother-in-law] William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington [aged 24] and [her half-sister] Juliana Noel Baroness Alington [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Baroness Alington of Killard.

On 14th September 1667 [her half-sister] Juliana Noel Baroness Alington [aged 22] died.

On 10th November 1671 [her future husband] John Manners 1st Duke Rutland [aged 33] and Diana Bruce were married. She the daughter of Robert Bruce 2nd Earl Elgin 1st Earl Ailesbury [aged 45] and Diana Grey Countess Elgin and Ailesbury [aged 41]. He the son of [her future father-in-law] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 67] and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland. They were third cousin once removed.

On 8th January 1673 John Manners 1st Duke Rutland [aged 34] and Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland [aged 16] were married. He the son of John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 68] and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland. They were half first cousin twice removed.

On 19th March 1675 [her daughter] Catherine Manners Baroness Gower was born to [her husband] John Manners 1st Duke Rutland [aged 36] and Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland [aged 18]. She married September 1692 John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower, son of William Leveson-Gower 4th Baronet and Jane Granville Baroness Gower, and had issue.

In February 1676 [her half-brother] Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 35] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire.

On 18th September 1676 [her son] John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland was born to [her husband] John Manners 1st Duke Rutland [aged 38] and Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland [aged 19]. He married (1) before 21st October 1696 his sixth cousin Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland and had issue (2) 1st January 1713 Lucy Sherard Duchess Rutland, daughter of Bennet Sherard 2nd Baron Sherard, and had issue.

On 16th August 1677 [her brother-in-law] Charles Berkeley 2nd Earl Berkeley [aged 28] and [her half-sister] Elizabeth Noel Countess Berkeley [aged 23] were married. He the son of George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley [aged 49] and Elizabeth Massingberd Couness Berkeley.

In 1679 [her husband] John Manners 1st Duke Rutland [aged 40] was created 1st Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire.

On 29th September 1679 [her father-in-law] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 75] died at Nether Haddon, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. His son [her husband] John [aged 41] succeeded 9th Earl of Rutland. Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland [aged 22] by marriage Countess of Rutland.

In 1682 [her sister-in-law] Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury died.

On 29th October 1682 [her father] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden [aged 71] died. His son [her half-brother] Edward [aged 41] succeeded 4th Viscount Campden, 4th Baron Hicks of Ilmington in Warwickshire. [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Gainsborough [aged 36] by marriage Viscountess Campden. He was buried at Church of St Peter and St Paul, Exton, Rutlandshire [Map].

A huge monument in black and white marble, with a tall base on which stand obelisks, on balls capped by two black urns and a large open pediment. Within, are the Viscount and his fourth wife [her mother] Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden [aged 42] in effigy and various low reliefs, depicting his previous wives and nineteen children, in Roman dress, completed by Grinling Gibbons [aged 34].

Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden: In 1640 she was born to Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness. On 6th July 1655 Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden and she were married. She by marriage Viscountess Campden. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness. They were second cousin twice removed. In 1683 Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden died.

On 1st December 1682 [her half-brother] Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 41] was created 1st Earl Gainsborough. [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Gainsborough [aged 36] by marriage Countess Gainsborough.

In 1683 [her mother] Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden [aged 43] died.

On 21st January 1683 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury [aged 61] died. His son Anthony [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Earl Shaftesbury, 2nd Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 3rd Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton. [her sister-in-law] Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury [aged 27] by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.

On 26th April 1683 [her half-brother] Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 42] and [her sister-in-law] Mary Herbert Countess Gainsborough were married. She by marriage Countess Gainsborough. They were fourth cousins.

On 6th April 1686 Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Annesley [aged 71] died. His son James [aged 41] succeeded 2nd Earl Anglesey, 3rd Viscount Valentia, 2nd Baron Annesley Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire. [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Manners Countess Anglesey [aged 32] by marriage Countess Anglesey.

In January 1689 [her half-brother] Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 48] died. His son [her nephew] Wriothesley [aged 28] succeeded 2nd Earl Gainsborough, 5th Viscount Campden, 5th Baron Hicks of Ilmington in Warwickshire. Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby by marriage Countess Gainsborough.

Around 1690 [her daughter] Dorothy Manners Countess Gainsborough was born to [her husband] John Manners 1st Duke Rutland [aged 51] and Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland [aged 33]. She married before 1708 her first cousin Baptist Noel 3rd Earl Gainsborough and had issue.

In September 1692 [her son-in-law] John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower [aged 17] and Catherine Manners Baroness Gower [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of John Manners 1st Duke Rutland [aged 54] and Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland [aged 35].

Before 21st October 1696 John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland [aged 20] and Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland [aged 20] were married. He the son of John Manners 1st Duke Rutland [aged 58] and Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland [aged 39]. They were sixth cousins.

In 1698 [her sister-in-law] Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury [aged 42] died.

On 10th October 1698 George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley [aged 70] died. He was buried at St Dunstan Church, Cranford. His son [her brother-in-law] Charles [aged 49] succeeded 2nd Earl Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Dursley, 10th Baron Berkeley. [her half-sister] Elizabeth Noel Countess Berkeley [aged 44] by marriage Countess Berkeley.

In 1700 [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Manners Countess Anglesey [aged 46] died.

On 29th March 1703 [her husband] John Manners 1st Duke Rutland [aged 64] was created 1st Duke Rutland, 1st Marquess Grandby. Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland [aged 46] by marriage Duchess Rutland.

Before 1708 [her son-in-law] Baptist Noel 3rd Earl Gainsborough [aged 23] and Dorothy Manners Countess Gainsborough [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Gainsborough. She the daughter of John Manners 1st Duke Rutland [aged 69] and Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland [aged 50]. They were first cousins.

On 10th January 1711 [her husband] John Manners 1st Duke Rutland [aged 72] died at Belvoir Castle [Map]. His son John [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Duke Rutland, 2nd Marquess Grandby, 10th Earl of Rutland, 2nd Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire. Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland [aged 34] by marriage Duchess Rutland.

On 1st January 1713 John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland [aged 36] and Lucy Sherard Duchess Rutland [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Duchess Rutland. He the son of John Manners 1st Duke Rutland and Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland [aged 56].

On 30th July 1719 [her half-sister] Elizabeth Noel Countess Berkeley [aged 65] died.

On 22nd February 1721 John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland [aged 44] died. His son John [aged 24] succeeded 3rd Duke Rutland, 3rd Marquess Grandby, 11th Earl of Rutland, 3rd Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire. Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland [aged 21] by marriage Duchess Rutland.

On 7th March 1722 [her daughter] Catherine Manners Baroness Gower [aged 46] died.

Before 1733. Michael Dahl [aged 73]. Portrait of Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland [aged 75].

In 1733 Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland [aged 76] died.