Noel, Gerard Thomas, a clergyman in the Church of England, was born December 2, 1782. He was educated at Edinburgh and Cambridge, He was successively curate of Radwell, vicar of Romsey, and canon of Winchester Cathedral. He died at Romsey February 24, 1851. He was a brother of the noted divine, Rev. Baptist W. Noel. He published two volumes of sernions and compiled a hymn book, A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, 1810. Only two or three of his hymns are in common use.

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