Emilia Frances Noel

Emilia Frances Noel was born on 9 February 1868 possibly in Rutledge or Kensington. She was the youngest daughter of Hon. Henry Lewis Noel and granddaughter of Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough. She had won prizes at Swanley for best advanced botany notebook and best diary of garden work. She travelled to Egypt in 1892, then India and Kashmir, and in 1938 visited the Canary Islands and West Africa. The same year, she published a book containing a list of Kashmiri plants, and notes on the country. She also published letters and sketches from her family history. Noel died on 19 March 1950. ==References==