Career
He was the son of Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough and inherited the Earldom of Gainsborough in 1689. He had no male heirs
He was the Member of Parliament for Hampshire 1685–1689. He was the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire and Lord Lieutenant of Rutland.
Baptist Noel and Susannah Fanshawe, daughter of Sir Thomas Fanshawe.